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This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles and interpretation of a finding that the DNA profile of a suspect or victim matches the evidence DNA.
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The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence
Consensus Study Report
·1996
In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide attention in the murder trial of celebrity O. J. Simpson. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence report...
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