Improving jury understanding and use of expert DNA evidence / Jane Goodman-Delahunty and Lindsay Hewson.
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Publication details:
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2010.
Record id:
88457
Series:
Technical and background paper series (Australian Institute of Criminology) ; no. 37.
Subject:
DNA fingerprinting -- Australia.
Forensic genetics -- Australia.
Evidence, Expert -- Australia.
Jury -- Australia.
Summary:
The use of DNA evidence in Australian courts has increased exponentially in the last two decades. DNA technology is well-validated and no longer the subject of defence challenges. Juror difficulties in understanding and applying the scientific and statistical information conveyed by forensic experts about a DNA match have been documented in qualitative and quantitative studies. - Abstract.
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Title from title caption of PDF document (viewed on June 7, 2018).
"March 2010".
Includes bibliographical references.
ISSN:
1836-2052
Phys. description:
1 online resource (xi, 68 pages) : digital, PDF