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TECHBeat, Fall 2006

NCJ Number
217201
Date Published
October 2006
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
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Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later

June 2009

Technological advances have made it possible to detect male DNA in evidentiary samples collected several days after a sexual act has taken place. Panelists will present the research that has led to these findings, followed by a discussion of the potential impact of this work from the perspectives of the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) and the crime laboratory communities.

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Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later
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1 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Lois Tully, National Institute of Justice , 2 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Jack Ballantyne, National Center for Forensic Science , 3 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Patricia M. Speck, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , 4 of 4: Sexual Assault: Obtaining DNA From Evidence Collected up to a Week Later, Mechthild Prinz, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York, N.Y.

TECHBeat, Fall 2011

NCJ Number
233937
Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
November 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
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