DNA evidence and forensic science / David E. Newton.

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PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC: Introduction to DNA evidence and forensic science -- The law relating to forensic science and DNA evidence -- Chronology -- Biographical listing -- Glossary -- PART II GUIDE TO FURTHER RESEARCH: How to conduct research on forensic science and DNA typing -- Annotated bibliography -- Organizations and agencies -- PART III: APPENDICES: Methods used in Bertillonage (1889) -- Fingerprint patterns -- Frye v. United States, on the admissibility of expert testimony, 1923 -- Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 -- Polygraph testing, U.S. Military Rules of Evidence, Rule 707 (1991) -- Daubert v. Merrell, on the admissibility of expert testimony, 1993 -- Statutory requirements for DNA testing (1994) -- United States v. Scheffer on the admissibility of polygraph test results, 1998 -- State laws concerned with ballistic fingerprinting (2000) -- Ballistics, Law Assistance, and Safety Technology Act (2002) -- Advancing justice through DNA technology (2003).