AIC Conference Proceedings

No. 2: DNA and criminal justice : proceedings of a conference held 30-31 October 1989

Julia Vernon and Ben Selinger (eds)
ISBN 0 642 15367 1 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992

Abstract

The papers presented at this conference examine DNA profiling and how it impinges on the criminal justice system. Scientists, lawyers and police explain how this new expert evidence affects their areas of work. Developments such as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) are presented, and the problems of quality control are revealed in detail. These matters are of great importance when treating evidence in court.

Contents

• The scientific basis of DNA technology
  Ben Selinger and Ben Magnusson
• What is involved in producing sound DNA evidence
  Nicola Leaney
• A view from the bench
  John Phillips
• DNA profiling : forensic science under the microscope
  Ian Freckelton
• Bridging the legal-science gulf
  James Taylor Kearney
• DNA profile evidence and the inference chart concept
  Eric Magnusson and Ben Selinger
• DNA profiling : standardising the report
  Bently Atchison and Stephen Cordner
• What authority should police have to detain suspects to take samples
  Steve Ireland
• Structure of the FBI laboratory
  Kenneth W.Nimmich
• DNA profiling : the transition from watching brief to the courts - a Victorian perspective
  Tony Raymond
• DNA profiling : the transition from watching brief to the courts - a Victorian perspective
  David Gidley
• Fraudulent frozen meat - DNA in action
  Terry Nicholls and Ken Reed
• Potential sources of artifacts and errors in generating a 'DNA profile'
  Ken Reed
• The Tracktel electrophoretic pattern image processing system
  Malcolm Hall
• Macro mini micro satellite VNTR polymorphism : theory and application
  Craig Fowler
• DNA fingerprinting by PCR amplification of HLA genes
  Simon Easteal