D.N.A. databases and property crime: A false promise?

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-86

  Briody, Michael ^b   Prenzler, Tim ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; THEFT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33745190303     PISSN: 00450618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00450610509410617     Document Type: Article

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