By
Ron Michaelis, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA
Robert Flanders, Distinguished Visiting Professor (2004-2005) and Adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law (2005 to date), and
Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Law and Public Policy at Brown University (2004 to date).
Paula Wulff, Program Manager-Senior Attorney, National District Attorneys Association/American Prosecutors Research Institute's DNA Forensics Program
Description
A Litigator's Guide to DNA educates litigators, judges, criminalists, students, and others about all aspects of the use of DNA
evidence in criminal and civil trials. It includes discussions of the molecular biological basis for the tests, essential laboratory
practices, probability theory and mathematical calculations. It presents issues relevant to all parties involved in trying a case, from
the prosecution and the defense, and to the judge and jury. The book is also extremely useful as a text for students aspiring to careers
in forensic science and criminal law.
The authors provide a full background on both the molecular biology and the mathematical theory
behind forensic tests written specifically for people with little or no science background. No other book relates the foundational information
on molecular biology and statistics to legal practice issues as extensively as this book does.
Audience:
Lawyers, judges, forensic scientists who offer expert testimony involving DNA evidence, students in forensic science and criminal justice programs
