Defining Evidential Fetishism in Forensic Science
Law, Culture and the Humanities
Published online on March 10, 2026
Abstract
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The phenomenon of “evidence fetishism” in forensic science is defined as treating physical traces as having inherent meaning, separate from necessary interpretation. Drawing on Marxist, semiotic, Freudian, and Ginzburgian theories, the analysis explains ...
The phenomenon of “evidence fetishism” in forensic science is defined as treating physical traces as having inherent meaning, separate from necessary interpretation. Drawing on Marxist, semiotic, Freudian, and Ginzburgian theories, the analysis explains ...