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dc.contributor.authorDe Wet, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorOosthuizen, Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorVisser, Jen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-06T12:40:47Z
dc.date.available2011-09-06T12:40:47Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/4682
dc.description.abstractDNA evidence is currently at the forefront of the arsenal of evidence employed in criminal trials. To ensure its optimum use in criminal proceedings, it is imperative that the legal fraternity is properly conversant with the scientific basis and presentation of such evidence, as well as with its potential pitfalls. In an effort to provide the legal profession with a background to this complex and useful type of evidence, this article looks at the biochemical nature of DNA, at DNA profiling and its use in criminal trials, and at the processes of DNA collection and analysis in the Biology Unit of the Forensic Science Laboratory of the South African Police Service. The presentation of DNA evidence in court is then evaluated and the future of DNA evidence, including legislative reform, and the creation of a DNA database are discussed.en_US
dc.subjectDNAen_US
dc.subjectProfilingen_US
dc.subjectEvidenceen_US
dc.subjectDNA Analysisen_US
dc.subjectForensicen_US
dc.subjectScientific evidenceen_US
dc.subjectCriminalen_US
dc.subjectTrialen_US
dc.subjectLaw of Evidenceen_US
dc.subjectCrime Sceneen_US
dc.titleDNA Profiling and the Law in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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