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Forensic biology

Cold Case Investigations

Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated...

NIJ Journal Issue No. 261

NCJ Number
224083
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
October 2008
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work