The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test: Fraudulent science in the American courts

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Booker, J L ^a  

^a Central Texas Analytical Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving; DWI; Field sobriety tests; Forensic science; HGN; Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus; Intoxication; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CERTIFICATION; COURT; DRIVER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORGERY; GAZE; GOVERNMENT; HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS TEST; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NYSTAGMUS; REVIEW; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142750094     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(04)71705-0     Document Type: Article

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