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    The Impact of DNA on Criminal Investigations Science has become a very valuable tool for law enforcement. scientific evidence is used every day in criminal and civil courts throughout the United States; helping to Solve particularly difficult cases where all other investigative techniques have failed‚ provide clues where there are no witnesses‚ reduce the number of wrongful arrests‚ increase the reliability of evidence. Link together cases that otherwise could not be connected‚ such as local

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    For over a decade‚ there has been a controversial issue dealing with building a national DNA database. This issue has been brought up over the discussion of the actual database and what kinds of effects will come out of it‚ if it actually happens to go through. Some people think the database will be a force in crime fighting. Others think it is a violation of civil liberties. In the early 1900s‚ “fingerprinting‚” a new crime-fighting database‚ was developed. With the exception of identical

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    Long stands of double helical DNA can fit into the nucleus of a single cell because DNA is specially packaged through a series of compaction events to fit easily within cell nuclei. Even though the length of DNA per cell is about 100‚000 times as long as the cell itself‚ it only takes up only about 10 percent of the cell’s volume. The DNA molecule‚ in order to condense‚ wraps itself around groups of histone proteins‚ and then the chromatin folds back on it‚ nucelosomes pack together to create a compact

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    DNA DNA‚ or Deoxyribonucleic Acid‚ is described‚ in Encarta Encyclopedia as a genetic material of all cellular organisms and most viruses. DNA carries the information needed to direct protein synthesis and replication. Protein synthesis is the production of the proteins needed by the cell or virus for its activities and development. Replication is the process by which DNA copies itself for each descendant cell or virus‚ passing on the information needed for protein synthesis. In most cellular

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    radically expanded. Technological developments such as DNA profiling and how investigations are conducted has significantly improved humankinds ability to investigate and solve crimes through everyday science. The use of DNA evidence in criminal investigations has helped law enforcement identify criminals and solve difficult crimes. DNA can also be used to clear the accused and free people who are wrongly accused or convicted of crimes. DNA was first described by scientists Francis Crick and James

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    Topic: Concepts of DNA Fingerprint and Forensic Analysis Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………. 3 What is DNA Fingerprint...................................................................................................3 Forensic Science…………………………………………………………………………..4 DNA Fingerprint Methods Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)…………………………………...4 Polymerised Chain Reaction (PCR)……………………………………………………...5 Short Tandem Repeats

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    DNA Technology in Crimes Is there a better way of solving crimes with DNA evidence to help investigators? The use of DNA technology is the best way to solve investigations. DNA makes it possible to identify people and to know who was at the crime scene based on a little piece of evidence. It helps solve crimes‚ and even‚ open cold‚ unsolved cases. DNA technology in criminal investigations has become an essential tool because of its ability to identify culprits through the use of fingerprints‚ blood

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    Psychological Profiling

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    Psychological profiling is “a set of techniques used by law enforcement agencies to try to identify perpetrators of a serious crime‚” (“Psychological profiling”‚ 2016‚ para. 1). Psychological profiling is sometimes referred to as criminal or behavioral profiling‚ depending on the preference of the person using the term (Beddows‚ 2015‚ para. 5). Profiling correlates information found at crime scenes with “known behaviours [sic] and personality attributes derived from past crimes of other criminals

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    DNA as a Key Witness Criminals‚ often unknowingly‚ leave parts of themselves behind. These pieces are not always visible to the untrained eye. Hair‚ skin‚ blood‚ and fingerprints all contain elements that are unique to each person. It is with DNA testing and fingerprinting‚ that criminals can be identified and crimes can be linked. This system of testing and matching has become the “most essential and reliable method of catching criminals” in the United States (Lynch 67). Advancing technology

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    Racial Profiling

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    over 1‚200 people in planned civil disobedience. In a trial that was moved out of the community where Diallo lived and to Albany in upstate New York‚ the four officers who killed Diallo were acquitted of all charges (“The Diallo” online). Racial Profiling is any police or private security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his or her race‚ ethnicity‚ nationality or religion. This occurs when police investigate‚ stop‚ frisk‚ search or use force against a person based on such

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