266 Pages
by
CRC Press
266 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Forensic DNA Technology examines the legal and scientific issues relating to the implementation of DNA print technology in both the crime laboratory and the courtroom. Chapters have been written by many of the country's leading experts and trace the underlying theory and historical development of this technology, as well as the methodology utilized in the Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism... Read more
1. Milestones in the Development of DNA Technology 2. An Introduction to DNA Structure and Genome Organization 3. Analysis of Forensic DNA Samples by Single Locus VNTR Probes 4. Population Genetics of Hypervariable Human DNA 5. The Polymerase Chain Reaction; Application to the Analysis of Biological Evidence 6. Validation with Regard to Environmental Insults of the RFLP Procedure for Forensic Purposes 7. The Meaning of a Match: Sources of Ambiguity in the Interpretation of DNA Prints 8. General Admissibility Considerations for DNA Typing Evidence: Lets Learn from the Past and Let the Scientists Decide This Time Around 9. DNA Testing in Criminal Cases; A Defense Prospective 10. Managing the Implementation and Use of DNA Typing in the Crime Laboratory
Biography
Mark A. Farley
