DNA (eBook)

LAWRENCE KOBILINSKY is currently the Associate Provost and a Professor of Biology and Immunology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. An internationally renowned forensic scientist, he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences as well as the New York Microscopical Society, and has published extensively in the areas of identification and individualization using protein genetic markers and DNA analysis. THOMAS F. LIOTTI has represented clients in high-profile cases involving DNA. He is a Village Justice in Westbury, New York, and is currently a partner at the law offices of Thomas F. Liotti, located in Garden City, New York. He is a past president of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Fellow in the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. JAMEL OESER-SWEAT is a member of both the New York and New Jersey bars and has been admitted to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office. A former Westinghouse scholar, he has published several abstracts and articles in the field of microbiology, and has been a guest lecturer at several universities and conferences.

"There have been other forensic DNA books written before, but none
has taken the reader through all aspects of DNA testing like this
one...this book alone could make you feel prepared to understand a
DNA case..." (Clinical Chemistry, September 2005)

"...a comprehensive, up-to-date discussion of forensic DNA
technologies and their legal implications in the courtroom."
(CHOICE, April 2005)

"...a concise guide to the use of DNA forensic analysis and
how the information gained from such techniques are used in the
legal system." (E-STREAMS, February 2005)

This valuable codebook will go a long way toward helping us win
the 'DNA battle'...we owe the authors a great debt of gratitude."
(New York Law Journal, December 15, 2004)

"DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications is a comprehensive and
invaluable guide to the field, covering topics ranging from
collecting samples in the field to presenting the complex results
to a jury. We are sure that it will play its part in promoting this
most powerful tool in the forensic scientist's
armamentarium."

—From the Foreword by Drs. James Watson and Jan Witkowski