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SBI touts DNA database as crime-fighting tool
Fallible DNA evidence can mean prison or freedom
by Linda Geddes, New Scientist, August 11, 2010 – gives an explanation of how subjectivity and bias affect DNA analysis. Discusses issues such as partial profiles, allelic drop-out and drop-in, mixtures, and thresholds for analysis.
John M. Butler, Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing
Forensic Trace DNA: A Review
by Roland AH van Oorschot etal. Investigative Genetics (2010). In a very accessible way, this article describes issues associated with what is often called “touch DNA.” Topics covered include evidence collection, DNA extraction, amplification, profiling and interpretation of trace DNA samples.
DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show
National Academy of Sciences Report
See pp. 128-133 for the National Research Counsel’s description of the forensic use of Deoxyribonucleic acid
Can DNA Evidence Be Too Convincing? An Acquitted Man Thinks So (NY)
Louisiana State Police Crime Lab Considers Controversial Familial DNA Tool
DNA Ruling In 1999 D.C. Slaying Could Set Precedent
John M. Butler, Forensic DNA Typing: Biology, Technology, and Genetics of STR Markers (2d ed.)
Communicating Statistical DNA Evidence
by Samuel Lindsey etal. Jurimetrics 43 (2003). This article presents what DNA analyses can and cannot reveal and a way to improve judges’ and jurors’ understanding of evidence involving probabilities and statistics.