A Litigator's Guide to DNA

From the Laboratory to the Courtroom

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Hardbound, 448 Pages
Published: JAN-2008
ISBN 10: 0-12-374036-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-12-374036-6
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS


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


 
Last update: 6 Nov 2011