NCJ Number
119554
Journal
Journal of the Forensic Science Society Volume: 29 Issue: 3 Dated: (May/June 1989) Pages: 191-196
Date Published
1989
Length
5 pages
Annotation
The technique of DNA profiling has been described widely in the literature, and a method is described here for evaluating the strength of such evidence in a forensic transfer case.
Abstract
A DNA profile from a stain left at a crime scene contains a number of bands which match bands in a profile from a sample provided by a suspect. In many cases, because of the condition and quantity of material in the crime stain, the crime profile exhibits fewer bands than would be seen in a profile from a good sample. The analysis is sufficiently general to deal with such cases. 1 figure and 8 references. (Publishers abstract)