Modeling forensic DNA database performance

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1174-1183

  Walsh, Simon J ^a   Curran, James M ^b   Buckleton, John S ^c  

^a Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canada; Combined Offender DNA Index System; DNA database; forensic science; intelligence; New Zealand; performance management; U.K. NDNAD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CRIME; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77956321741     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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