Title:
Dealing with DNA evidence : a legal guide / Andrei Semikhodskii.
Author:
Semikhodskii, Andrei.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-165) and index.
Introduction to criminal DNA analysis -- Forensic DNA testing -- Interpretation and statistical evaluation of DNA evidence -- Criminal DNA databases -- The pitfalls of DNA testing -- DNA testing errors -- DNA evidence interpretation errors -- DNA evidence during trial -- Challenging DNA evidence in the courtroom -- Post-convictional DNA testing -- Ethical aspects of DNA testing.
Publisher:
Routledge-Cavendish,
Publication Place:
London ; New York, NY :
ISBN:
9781845680497 (hbk.)
1845680499 (hbk.)
Subject:
DNA fingerprinting -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Evidence, Criminal -- United States.
DNA fingerprinting.
Contents:
Introduction to criminal DNA analysis -- Forensic DNA testing -- Interpretation and statistical evaluation of DNA evidence -- Criminal DNA databases -- The pitfalls of DNA testing -- DNA testing errors -- DNA evidence interpretation errors -- DNA evidence during trial -- Challenging DNA evidence in the courtroom -- Post-convictional DNA testing -- Ethical aspects of DNA testing.
Physical Description:
xiv, 177 p. : ill. ;
Electronic Location:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006025505.html
Publication Date:
2007.
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