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Prisons First: Putting Prisons At The Center Of The Criminal Justice Policy Debates, Jeremy Travis Oct 2014

Prisons First: Putting Prisons At The Center Of The Criminal Justice Policy Debates, Jeremy Travis

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Genetic Markers For Sex Identification In Forensic Dna Analysis, Erin Butler, Richard Li Aug 2014

Genetic Markers For Sex Identification In Forensic Dna Analysis, Erin Butler, Richard Li

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The ability to determine the sex of an individual based on DNA evidence can be crucial in instances such as identification of victims of mass disaster, missing persons investigations, and sexual assault cases. The Y chromosome marker amelogenin is currently in widespread use for determination of chromosomal sex of an unknown DNA donor and differentiating the relative contributions of male and female DNA in a mixed forensic sample. However, many cases of the failure of the amelogenin marker to correctly determine the sex of DNA donors have been reported, causing the usefulness of the amelogenin marker in forensics to be …


An Enzymatic Method To Process Decomposed Non-Human Bone For Forensic Dna Analysis, Richard Li, Melissa Gaud, Smriti Nair Mar 2014

An Enzymatic Method To Process Decomposed Non-Human Bone For Forensic Dna Analysis, Richard Li, Melissa Gaud, Smriti Nair

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Forensic analysis of DNA from non-human bones can be important in investigating a variety of forensic cases. However, decomposed bone is difficult to process for isolating DNA. In this study, a previously established enzymatic method was utilized to process bone samples that simulate decomposed specimens. Our results demonstrated that this enzymatic processing method is effective for removing decomposed soft tissues and outer surface materials such as mineralized bone connective tissue of bone fragment samples. Our data suggested that this method can be used in the initial sample preparation for cleaning the outer surface of decomposed non-human skeletal fragments. This study …


Failures Require New Thoughts On Crime, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2014

Failures Require New Thoughts On Crime, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Resources In English On The Criminal Justice System Of The People’S Republic Of China, Ellen Sexton Jan 2014

Resources In English On The Criminal Justice System Of The People’S Republic Of China, Ellen Sexton

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