DNA behind bars: Other ways of knowing forensic DNA technologies

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-79

  Prainsack, Barbara ^a   Kitzberger, Martin ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders   (Austria)

Author keywords

'lay' and 'expert' knowledge; DNA evidence; Forensic DNA technologies; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; POLICE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TELEVISION;

ADULT; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PRISONERS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849084643     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312708097289     Document Type: Review

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