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Genetic witness : science, law, and controversy in the making of DNA profiling /
When 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 beh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813543833 0813543835 9786611244200 6611244204 |