Genetic Testimony: A Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling (Booklet) (Prentice Halls Exploring Biology) - Softcover

Spencer, Charlotte A.

 
9780131423381: Genetic Testimony: A Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling (Booklet) (Prentice Halls Exploring Biology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 013142338X ISBN 13: 9780131423381
Verlag: Pearson, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

For undergraduate courses in introductory-level Human Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology courses. Also appropriate as a resource for law schools, legal clinics, and law enforcement offices.

Part of the "Prentice Hall Exploring Biology Series", DNA Forensics explores the subject of modern DNA profiling in straightforward language, requiring and is aimed at students with little background in science or biotechnology. It raises controversial questions about the uses and potential misuses of DNA forensics; and illustrates issues by presenting recent criminal cases involving DNA profiling. A valuable resource for undergraduate science students, it introduces basic concepts of genetics and biotechnology in the context of one of the most important developments in modern criminal investigation.

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In the last decade, forensic DNA profiling has emerged as a powerful method to identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. What makes it such a powerful technique? How does DNA profiling work? What are the advantages and drawbacks to the technology, and how is DNA profiling changing the way the criminal justice system functions? This guide answers these questions by outlining the basic methods used in forensic DNA profiling and explaining how DNA evidence has the power to convict or exonerate. Extraordinary stories illustrate how this new technology is expanding and transforming criminal justice systems across the globe.

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Verlag
Pearson
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
013142338X
ISBN 13 
9780131423381
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
48
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