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Are DNA profiles as rare as we think? Or can we trust DNA statistics?
Author(s) -
Curran James
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00420.x
Subject(s) - innocence , curran , dna , criminology , law , biology , psychology , genetics , political science , botany
DNA evidence is now widely used to link suspects to the scenes of crime. It has determined both guilt and innocence and has transformed forensic science. But there is unease. DNA identifications have been challenged in the courts. Are there too many DNA “coincidences”? Are DNA‐based verdicts invalid? James Curran looks at the evidence.