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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aAronson, Jay D.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aGenetic Witness :
_bScience, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling /
_cJay D. Aronson.
264 1 _aNew Brunswick, NJ :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c[2007]
264 4 _c©2007
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1 Introduction --
_t2 Science for Hire --
_t3 DNA on Trial --
_t4 Challenging DNA --
_t5 Public Science --
_t6 The DNA Wars --
_t7 The Debate in Washington --
_t8 The DNA Wars Are Over --
_t9 The Legacy of History --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWhen DNA profiling was first introduced into the American legal system in 1987, it was heralded as a technology that would revolutionize law enforcement. As an investigative tool, it has lived up to much of this hype—it is regularly used to track down unknown criminals, put murderers and rapists behind bars, and exonerate the innocent. Yet, this promise took ten turbulent years to be fulfilled. In Genetic Witness, Jay D. Aronson uncovers the dramatic early history of DNA profiling that has been obscured by the technique’s recent success. He demonstrates that robust quality control and quality assurance measures were initially nonexistent, interpretation of test results was based more on assumption than empirical evidence, and the technique was susceptible to error at every stage. Most of these issues came to light only through defense challenges to what prosecutors claimed to be an infallible technology. Although this process was fraught with controversy, inefficiency, and personal antagonism, the quality of DNA evidence improved dramatically as a result. Aronson argues, however, that the dream of a perfect identification technology remains unrealized.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aDNA fingerprinting
_xHistory
_xGreat Britain.
650 0 _aDNA fingerprinting
_xHistory
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aDNA fingerprinting
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDNA fingerprinting
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aForensic genetics
_xHistory
_xGreat Britain.
650 0 _aForensic genetics
_xHistory
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aForensic genetics
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory.
650 0 _aForensic genetics
_zUnited States
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650 7 _aSCIENCE / General.
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653 _aDNA profiling, DNA, American law, legal system, law, legislation, technology, court, judge, law enforcement, investigative tools, investigation, investigate, forensic, criminals, crime, murderers, rapists, behind bars, jail, prison, exonerate, guilty, innocent, witness, profiling, quality control, quality assurance, test results, assumption, empirical evidence, error, defense, prosecutors, defendant, infallible technology, controversy, inefficiency, antagonism, antagonist, inefficient, DNA evidence, evidence, identification, identify, identity.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.36019/9780813543833
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