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Genetic Witness: Science, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling
Jay D. Aronson
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Description for Genetic Witness: Science, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling
Paperback. 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. This work uncovers the dramatic early history of DNA profiling that has been obscured by the technique's success. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: JKVF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
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 assurance ... Read more
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 assurance ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813541884
SKU
V9780813541884
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About Jay D. Aronson
Jay D. Aronson is an assistant professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Genetic Witness: Science, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling
"Thorough and detailed, Aronson's work will be the definitive treatment of the recent history of DNA typing."
Simon Cole
author of Suspect Identities:A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identific
"Thorough and detailed, Aronson's work will be the definitive treatment of the recent history of DNA typing."
Simon Cole
author of Suspect Identities:A History of Fingerprinting ... Read more
Simon Cole
author of Suspect Identities:A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identific
"Thorough and detailed, Aronson's work will be the definitive treatment of the recent history of DNA typing."
Simon Cole
author of Suspect Identities:A History of Fingerprinting ... Read more