SOCL 3371 Lecture : Lecture 19
Document Summary
Dna samples from crime scene and donors are collected. Dna is stored in central database after being analyzed, allowing for comparisons to occur between samples. Time consuming; 583 cold hits to date by fbi database (2000) Law enforcement: comparing known suspects & evidence samples- encouraged, dna mining; collect from offender, store in database; compare to criem scenes- identify & arrest criminals based solely on this match, majority of ucr crimes are property related. *police already have a clearance rate of over 50% for solving 3 out of 4 violent crimes. *dna evidence primarily used in prosecutor"s offices in big cities compared to. *for all prosecutors only 49. 2% used dna evidence, primarily in murder & sex offense cases. *crimes beyond murder & sex offenses are not readily susceptible to dna evidence: cost effectiveness has not yet occurred, approximately million annually for a national database to exist.
