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Injury evidence, biological evidence and prosecution of sexual assault : final summary overview / Theodore P. Cross [and 4 others].
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Theodore, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rape--Investigation--United States.
- Rape.
- Evidence, Criminal--United States.
- Evidence, Criminal.
- Forensic genetics--United States.
- Forensic genetics.
- Forensic nursing--United States.
- Forensic nursing.
- DNA fingerprinting--United States.
- DNA fingerprinting.
- Prosecution--United States.
- Prosecution.
- Rape--Investigation.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Government publications -- United States.
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (20 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.?] : National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Office of Justice Programs, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Injury evidence and biological evidence gained from forensic medical examinations of victims can provide evidence about the crime as well as the means of linking a suspect to the crime. Evidence from a forensic medical examination can include genital and non-genital injuries, biological evidence (including sperm or semen, blood, and amylase, an enzyme of saliva), and a DNA profile that can often be derived from the biological evidence. This DNA can be matched to a potential suspect, matched to another investigation in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), or matched to a convicted offender in CODIS. Injury evidence can be used to establish a victim's lack of consent and could lead to physical assault charges. This project explored the use and impact of injury evidence and biological evidence through a study of the role of these forms of evidence in prosecuting sexual assault in an urban district attorney's office in a metropolitan area in the eastern United States.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (NCJRS, viewed on Aug. 24, 2017).
- Authors: Theodore P. Cross, Laura Siller, Maja Vlajnic, Megan Alderden, Alexander Wagner.
- "July 2017."
- "Document number: 251036."
- Includes bibliographical reference (page 20).
- OCLC:
- 1001808986
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