I have read dozens of currency sniff cases—prosecutions where a dog alerts to currency found in the suspect’s luggage, or car, or somewhere else near or on him. The government then seeks to forfeit the currency, arguing that it is the product of narcotics activity. If narcotics are also found on the suspect, the government, whether state or federal, will almost always win. If nothing else incriminating is found, the suspect may get his money back if he can convince the court that the only reason for the dog’s alert is that there is cocaine residue...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Scott and Fuller's 1965 Treatise Still a Gold Mine
In reading modern authors on dog evolution and behavior, such as Coppinger and Miklosi, one finds many references to a book published long before modern genome technologies, Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog, by John Paul Scott and John L. Fuller (U. Chicago Press, frequently reprinted). I had avoided reading the book because I feared that its relative antiquity would mean that I would constantly be reminded how far science has come in understanding the genetics of dogs. To the contrary, once I picked the book up, I found it hard to...
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