Another side of the story: Defence lawyers' views on DNA evidence

Technologies of InSecurity: The Surveillance of Everyday Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 219-237

  Dahl, Johanne Yttri ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203891582     Document Type: Chapter

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