This book is the first which aims to give lawyers a complete account of the issues involved in taking DNA evidence into court. It guides the reader through the process of generating results from all types of trace samples. The book raises fascinating questions such as; once DNA results have been produced how are they interpreted? Why is a database sometimes required, but not always? How close to an ethnic group does a database need to be before it can be regarded as reliable? Such questions as these allows the reader to work through DNA evidence in all types of case, it is not just crimes against the person where it can be used, but anywhere where contact has taken place and cells left behind. This book helps lawyers to ask the most important and probative questions when faced with such evidence in court.
Author(s): Wilson Wall
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 151
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Glossary......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1 THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION......Page 16
2 AN IDEAL SAMPLE......Page 38
3 BLOOD GROUPS AND OTHER CELLULAR MARKERS......Page 52
4 DNA ANALYSIS......Page 68
5 PATERNITY TESTS AND CRIMINAL CASES......Page 94
6 DNA DATABASES......Page 112
7 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF DNA AND DNA PROFILING......Page 128
APPENDIX......Page 140
Further Reading......Page 144
Index......Page 146
