- CODIS: Combined DNA Index System - Guidelines
for collecting and submitting evidence in blood and saliva samples,
quality assurance, statistics and links to participating states,
from the Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
- DNA as a forensic instrument - Article discussing
the potential and limitations of DNA, published in 1996 by Columbia
University, NY.
- DNA Forensics - Comprehensive resource covering
forensic identification, arising from the human genome project,
discussing accuracies, potential applications and databases
such as the Combined DNA Index System. Maintained at Oak Ridge,
TN.
- DNA Forensics Problem Set - The Biology Project
at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
- DNA in the Courtroom - A Trial Watcher's Guide;
succinct explanation of the history, science and law of forensic
and parental DNA testing from Seattle, WA.
- FBI's DNA Program - Congressional Statement 2001,
with link to previous years, by Forensic Analysis Branch, before
the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee,
Washington, DC.
- Forensic DNA Consulting - Resource aimed at attorneys,
placing DNA testing in perspective. Search for expert witness,
training, articles and bibliography from Richmond, CA.
- Forensic
Mathematics - Page of links on maths behind DNA identification
and population genetics. Reports and biostatistics software
from consultant in Oakland, CA.
- Frontline - Interviews in which DNA evidence was
involved in court cases, with more examples since 1987, by searching
PBS from Alexandria, VA.
- Gene Almanac - Discussing the science behind DNA
fingerprinting technology and its use inside the courtroom.
Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
- Genetics in the Courtroom - Articles written in
1997, facing genetics issues, from The Judges' Journal of the
American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.
- Hope
Hall DNA Action Memorial - Describes killer's identification,
four years after the violent rape and murder of Hope Denise
Hall in 1994, during random DNA search, conducted by forensic
scientists in Petersburg, VA.
- How DNA Evidence Works - Introduction to the steps
in DNA fingerprinting evidence gathering for law enforcement,
and its application from Howstuffworks Inc., Raleigh, NC.
- Investigation of Forensic Evidence - Introductory
tutorial on courtroom reporting of laboratory results, including
checklists for forensic DNA-typing case-specific issues from
law offices in Mill Valley, CA.
- National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence
- Seeking to maximize the value of forensic DNA evidence in
the criminal justice system. Transcripts, publications, programs
and what's new from the NIJ, Washington, DC.
- National DNA Data Bank - Explains history, privacy,
security, statistics and case examples, with FAQ to justify
the instigation of DNA fingerprinting upon conviction, for criminal
records held in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
- Population Distribution - Interview in January
1995 discussing demographic frequency of alleles, and accuracy
of PCR in law enforcement. Link to CNN report on OJ Simpson
Trial, from expert witness Dr Bruce Weir, Professor of Statistics
and Genetics, North Carolina State University, NC.
- Proficiency
Testing - Article presented in 1996, including estimation
of error rates in forensic DNA laboratories and critique of
NRC II, from law offices in Arlington, VA.
- STRBase - Short Tandem Repeat database for genetic
mapping and identity testing, comprehensively explained and
maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD.
- Survey of DNA Crime Laboratories - Data obtained
in 2001 from 110 of the 120 estimated known DNA crime labs as
collated, and compared with 1998, by Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Washington, DC.
- True Crimes - Investigations & DNA - Compilation
of related links from marketing firm in Olympia, WA.
- The complexity of DNA testing - News story explaining
why identification may takes weeks, in the case of Daniel Pearl
after exuming a body in Karachi, Pakistan. - BBC, UK.
- New York State DNA Data Bank - Report compares
two proposals to expand the DNA Data Bank by indexing those
offenders convicted of nonviolent felonies and less serious
crimes by Office of Justice Systems Analysis, NY.
- Offender DNA Matches - Article reviewing the forensic
testing of DNA recovered from crime scenes, linking offenders
to their crimes by referal to the State's DNA Data Bank by the
Bureau of Research and Evaluation, NY.
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