Presents an introduction to the field of forensic DNA analysis, describing DNA sources and structure, procedures, Y chromosome testing, frequency and probability, and other related topics.
Examines how DNA is used in crime solving and discusses the development of DNA profiling and how it works, cases which used the forensic technique, and legal and ethical issues of DNA testing.
Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how genetic material called DNA is used to unlock information that can not otherwise be recovered in solving crimes and other mysteries.
Examines how the use of DNA evidence is essential in solving most crimes now committed and explains how DNA was first discovered, the structure of DNA, early controversy surrounding its use, and how DNA investigations have cleared several death-row inmates.