Brain Fingerprinting Is a New and Controversial Tool in Solving

Essay

Brain fingerprinting is a new and controversial tool in solving crimes.As a forensic method,the test "assesses the subject's knowledge of a crime scene or of the instrumentalities or fruits of a crime,and it can also be used to assess knowledge of the particulars of an alibi scene or sequence of events." Explain the potential uses of brain fingerprinting by law enforcement officers.How reliable is brain fingerprinting considered to be? Do you think there is a future for such technology in the courts,or would you expect its status in legal testimony to remain controversial,similar to that of polygraph testing?