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Criminal Justice

correlation between class and incarceration, as roughly 80 percent of those inmates incarcerated in 2002 could not afford an attor...

Overview of Nucleic Acids, Structure, and Function

acid determines the information that is carried by the molecule. In other words, the nucleotide bases provide a "genetic alphabet"...

DNA Database Crime Laboratory Necessity

Aspects such as hair, eye, and skin color, height, weight, bone structure are only a few example of the physical characteristics w...

Criminal Investigations and Forensic Psychology

To understand the growing importance of computers in criminal investigation consider the practically limitless applications of DNA...

Forensic Science and DNA Testing

RFLP is no smaller than a quarter, while with PCR Analysis the sample can be no bigger than a few skin cells. This seemingly insi...

Evidentiary Value and Protocol At a Crime Scene

scene log is started and this is used to record entry and exit from the site by all authorized personnel as well as to record othe...

DNA in Terms of Reliability and Accuracy

For instance, in RFLP analysis, probabilities range from "one in tens of thousands to one in hundreds of thousands, or even a mil...

Constitutional Rights, Early Arrest Phase, and Mandatory DNA Testing

To tackle the question of the rights or wrongs of DNA testing at the point of arrest, it must be acknowledged up front that DNA ev...

Case Analysis of The People of Colorado v. Michael Eugene Shrek

must be collected and processed in a carefully documented scientific manner. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecular c...

Watson’s DNA

this puzzle. While the article appears overall to be accurate, in that the author quotes reliable sources, Begley (2007) does not ...

Processing Human Remains

and Planz (2008) explore the research question of whether or not improved processing capabilities in mitochondrial DNA and STR tha...

Jack the Ripper and His Impact on History

mostly prostitutes - were savagely murdered and mutilated by an unknown assailant, but after November 1888, the slayings stopped a...

Position Paper Opposing the Concept of DNA Databases

were barely able to keep up with the amount of DNA information that was being generated, and so a government committee suggested t...

The Many Applications of Genetic Engineering

can be amplified. Copies can be made off of the original template to use in biological and medical research and other application...

Our Evolving Use of DNA in Criminal Justice

The ways society goes about proving guilt or innocence in criminal justice has changed dramatically since the mid-twentieth centur...

Convicted Criminals and DNA Mandatory Testing

expenditure of millions of dollars and countless hours of time trying to solve such crimes. Consequently, our legal and criminal ...

Biotechnology Company Genentech DNA

account take up revenue. For Genentech we get the following Gross profit 2002 2003 2004 Revenue (a) 2,719.3 3,300.3 4,621.2 Cost o...

Recombinant Plasmid DNA and Insulin Synthesis

In five pages this paper examines the human insulin gene that is contained in methods of this plasmid construction. Seven sources...

Protein Synthesis, RNA, and DNA

amino acid sequences of Proteins" (2003). In figuring out the Genetic Code one can see how a sequence of bases as contained in RNA...

DNA Testing, Exoneration

This paper concerns Marvin L. Anderson, who spent fifteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The writer discusses how ...

Support for the Death Penalty

topic has led noted criminologists to conclude that "...executions have no discernible effect on homicide rates" (Goertzel). There...

Forensic Science And Crime Scene Investigation: Importance Of Molecular Biology

and result. DNA testing within forensic science is one of the most important examples of how technology has enabled law enforceme...

Actual Innocence

wrongly jailed" (Boyer). The first case they discuss is that of Marion Coakley, who "served more than two years in prison becaus...

The Ethics of Program Evaluation: DNA and the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project

evaluation is often contracted to outside entities. While program goals and the subsequent evaluation of whether or not a program...