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DNA Forensic Science Science in Society
DNA Forensic Science Science in Society
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- Explains history, privacy, security, statistics and case examples, with FAQ to justify the instigation of DNA fingerprinting upon conviction, for criminal records held in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
- Guidelines for collecting and submitting evidence in blood and saliva samples, quality assurance, statistics and links to participating states, from the Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
- Resource aimed at attorneys, placing DNA testing in perspective. Search for expert witness, training, articles and bibliography from Richmond, CA.
- Page of links on maths behind DNA identification and population genetics. Reports and biostatistics software from consultant in Oakland, CA.
- News story explaining why identification may takes weeks, in the case of Daniel Pearl after exuming a body in Karachi, Pakistan. - BBC, UK.
- Interviews in which DNA evidence was involved in court cases, with more examples since 1987, by searching PBS from Alexandria, VA.
- Describes killer's identification, four years after the violent rape and murder of Hope Denise Hall in 1994, during random DNA search, conducted by forensic scientists in Petersburg, VA.
- Introductory tutorial on courtroom reporting of laboratory results, including checklists for forensic DNA-typing case-specific issues from law offices in Mill Valley, CA.
- Congressional Statement 2001, with link to previous years, by Forensic Analysis Branch, before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC.
- Interview in January 1995 discussing demographic frequency of alleles, and accuracy of PCR in law enforcement. Link to CNN report on OJ Simpson Trial, from expert witness Dr Bruce Weir, Professor of Statistics and Genetics, North Carolina State University
- Comprehensive resource covering forensic identification, arising from the human genome project, discussing accuracies, potential applications and databases such as the Combined DNA Index System. Maintained at Oak Ridge, TN.
- Report compares two proposals to expand the DNA Data Bank by indexing those offenders convicted of nonviolent felonies and less serious crimes by Office of Justice Systems Analysis, NY.
- Data obtained in 2001 from 110 of the 120 estimated known DNA crime labs as collated, and compared with 1998, by Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC.
- Articles written in 1997, facing genetics issues, from The Judges' Journal of the American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.
- Short Tandem Repeat database for genetic mapping and identity testing, comprehensively explained and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.
- A Trial Watcher's Guide; succinct explanation of the history, science and law of forensic and parental DNA testing from Seattle, WA.
- Article presented in 1996, including estimation of error rates in forensic DNA laboratories and critique of NRC II, from law offices in Arlington, VA.
- Introduction to the steps in DNA fingerprinting evidence gathering for law enforcement, and its application from Howstuffworks Inc., Raleigh, NC.
- Seeking to maximize the value of forensic DNA evidence in the criminal justice system. Transcripts, publications, programs and what's new from the NIJ, Washington, DC.
- Discussing the science behind DNA fingerprinting technology and its use inside the courtroom. Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
- Article reviewing the forensic testing of DNA recovered from crime scenes, linking offenders to their crimes by referal to the State's DNA Data Bank by the Bureau of Research and Evaluation, NY.
- Compilation of related links from marketing firm in Olympia, WA.
- The Biology Project at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
- Article discussing the potential and limitations of DNA, published in 1996 by Columbia University, NY.
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