Dealing with DNA evidence : a legal guide / Andrei Semikhodskii.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge-Cavendish, 2007.

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DNA fingerprinting -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Evidence, Criminal -- United States.

Criminal investigation.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 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.

Since it first entered the criminal legal practice, DNA has become an indispensable tool in fighting crime, as it allows both unambiguous identification of the criminal by traces of biological material left at the crime scene as well as acquitting innocent suspects. This book outlines the various types of testing used to obtain DNA evidence; highlights the weaknesses of DNA testing, and shows how DNA should be treated as just another piece of evidence and how, on its own, it is often not enough to convict someone of a particular crime.

Table of contents is taken from the published works with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781845680497

[xvii], 177 p. : ill. ; 24 cm