Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

NIJ addresses the challenge of keeping up with an increasing volume of evidence.

Results of an experiment using DNA to solve property crimes are in: collecting biological evidence at burglary scenes works

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

The demand for DNA testing is rising because everyone is becoming more aware of the potential of DNA evidence to help solve cases. 

DNA helps law enforcement investigate and prosecute crime, but the new trend of preconviction DNA collection raises serious Fourth Amendment issues for the criminal justice community.