Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary1""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONTENTS OF THE REPORT""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Recommendations to Improve Laboratory Performance""; ""Recommendations for Estimating Random-Match Probabilities""; ""Recommendations on Interpreting the Results of Database Searches, on Binning, and on Establishing th ... ""; ""Recommendation for Research on Juror Comprehension""; ""Overview""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OUR ASSIGNMENT""; ""DNA TYPING""; ""BASIC GENETIC PRINCIPLES""; ""FORENSIC DNA IDENTIFICATION""
  • ""VNTRs""""DNA Profiling""; ""Matching and Binning of VNTRs""; ""Allele (Bin) Frequencies""; ""PCR-Based Systems""; ""ASSURING LABORATORY ACCURACY""; ""POPULATION GENETICS""; ""Randomly Mating Populations""; ""Population Structure""; ""Dealing with Subpopulations""; ""Persons from the Same Subpopulation""; ""SOME STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""The Reference Database""; ""Match Probability, Likelihood Ratio, and Two Fallacies""; ""Bayes's Theorem""; ""Suspect Identified by Database Search""; ""Uniqueness""; ""Uncertainty About Estimated Frequencies""; ""PCR-Based Tests""
  • ""THE CEILING PRINCIPLES""""DNA IN THE COURTS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Admissibility of DNA Evidence (Chapter 2)""; ""Laboratory Errors (Chapter 3)""; ""Proficiency Tests""; ""Duplicate Tests""; ""Population Genetics (Chapter 4)""; ""Evidence DNA and Suspect from the Same Subgroup""; ""Insufficient Data""; ""Dealing with Relatives""; ""Statistical Issues (Chapter 5)""; ""Database Searches""; ""Uniqueness""; ""Matching and Binning""; ""Ceiling Principles""; ""Further Research""; ""Legal Issues (Chapter 6)""; ""ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE""; ""A Typical Case""
  • ""Suspect Found by Searching a Database""""Suspect and Evidence from the Same Subpopulation""; ""A PCR-Based System""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""THE 1992 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORT""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S TASK""; ""THE VALIDITY OF DNA TYPING""; ""THE USE OF DNA FOR EXCLUSION""; ""CHANGES SINCE THE 1992 NRC REPORT""; ""Population Data""; ""Technical Improvements""; ""PATERNITY TESTING""; ""REGULATORY OVERSIGHT""; ""SEEMINGLY CONTRADICTORY NUMBERS""; ""VERY SMALL PROBABILITIES""; ""FINGERPRINTS AND UNIQUENESS""; ""DESIGNATING POPULATION GROUPS AND SUBGROUPS""
  • ""THE NATURE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS""""2 Genetic and Molecular Basis of DNA Typing ""; ""FUNDAMENTALS OF GENETICS1""; ""VNTR TYPING""; ""PCR-BASED METHODS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""3 Ensuring High Standards of Laboratory Performance ""; ""QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE LABORATORY""; ""Current QC and QA Guidelines""; ""The Role of Proficiency-Testing and Audits""; ""SAFEGUARDING AGAINST ERROR""; ""Sample Mishandling and Data-Recording Errors""; ""Faulty Reagents, Equipment, Controls, or Technique""; ""Evidence Contamination""; ""Analyst Bias""