About the Book:

This is a small hand reference Techno-Legal book related to DNA Evidence and Crime Investigation Science.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. What is DNA Profile, and How is it Useful as an Indentifier ?
3. Developing a DNA Profile: From Crime Scene to Laboratory
4. Quality Assurance, Training and Accreditation
5. Statistics for Autosomal STR Profiles
6. DNA Mixtures
7. Alternate DNA Testing Methods
8. California's DNA Date Bank Program
9. Statutes of Limitation, "Doe" Warrants, and Preaccusation Delay in Crimes Involving DNA Evidence
10. Discovery in DNA Cases
11. Admissibility of DNA Evidence at Trial
12. Postconviction DNA Testing and Other Posconvistion Challenges
13. Science and the Law: DNA Evidence and Beyond

• TableTable of Laws and Rules
  
• Table of Cases
• Index

About the Authors:

• Justice Ming W. Chin [Supreme Court, California]
• Michael Chamberlain [Dep. Attorney General, Criminal Div. - California Dept. of Justice]
  
• Amy Rojas [Senior Criminalist, Dept. of Justice Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory, California]
  
• Lance Gima [Senior Forensic Scientist]
  

About the Publishers:

The Rutter Group (TRG) Series is a division of West - A Thomson Reuters Business. This is a South Asia Edition