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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Becoming a Peer Reviewer for NIJ

NIJ draws reviewers for both its ad hoc and standing review panels from diverse backgrounds and regions who have research knowledge, professional expertise and/or lived experience in across a wide range of justice-relevant areas, including, but not limited to:

  • Crime control and prevention
  • Community-based violence reduction
  • Criminology, law enforcement, or corrections
  • Criminal justice reform
  • Computer sciences
  • Investigative and forensic science and technology, including DNA analysis...

Debating DNA Collection

Date Published
October 28, 2009

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.