how genetic profiling aided in identifying a suspect.?
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Simple. Semen is collected from a rape victim. Suspect is never identified but genetic profile is logged in FBI database. Years later a suspect in another crime gives a DNA sample. It matches the previous rape. He gets charged with that as well, and convicted due to such strong evidence. This is just one of many possible examples.
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Fingerprinting is simple. All recruits to the Police Service are trained to do so.  However, the difficult bit is the 'lifting' at the scene of a crime, the examination and identification of the suspect.  You have to be an expert to give evidence about fingerprints at Court.  Nowadays there is an automatic retrieval and identification system by computer.  This provides a suspect or suspects for the crime.  The expert then examines those and makes a positive identification for court purposes.
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looking for relatives via DNA
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NO. DNA can only be used to identify a person or being, or link to two persons/beings together. It can not PROVE a crime was committed.
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This is about as close as I can get you. Good luck\nhttp://www.genetree.com/product/dna-test-collection.asp
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http://www.law-forensic.com/post_con_dna_1.htm
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Certain DNA tests can help track ethnicity.
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Uses of DNA Fingerprints\n^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^\nDNA fingerprints are useful in several areas of society. They are used by professionals in human health and the justice system. \n\n-Diagnosis of inherited disorders \n\nDNA fingerprinting is used to diagnose inherited disorders in both prenatal and newborn babies in hospitals around the world. These disorders may include cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, Huntington's disease, familial Alzheimer's, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and many others. \n\nEarly detection of such disorders enables the medical staff to prepare themselves and the parents for proper treatment of the child. In some programs, genetic counselors use DNA fingerprint information to help prospective parents understand the risk of having an affected child. In other programs, prospective parents use DNA fingerprint information in their decisions concerning affected pregnancies. \n\n-Developing cures for inherited disorders \n\nResearch programs to locate inherited disorders on the chromosomes depend on the information contained in DNA fingerprints. By studying the DNA fingerprints of relatives who have a history of some particular disorder, or by comparing large groups of people with and without the disorder, it is possible to identify DNA patterns associated with the disease in question. This work is a necessary first step in designing an eventual genetic cure for these disorders. \n\n-Biological Evidence \n\nFBI and police labs around the U.S. have begun to use DNA fingerprints to link suspects to biological evidence -- blood or semen stains, hair, or items of clothing -- found at the scene of a crime. Since 1987, more than 150 cases have been decided with the assistance of DNA fingerprint evidence. \n\nAnother important use of DNA fingerprints in the court system is to establish paternity in custody and child support litigation. In these applications, DNA fingerprints bring an unprecedented, nearly perfect accuracy to the determination. \n\n-Personal identification \n\nBecause every organ or tissue of an individual contains the same DNA fingerprint, the U.S. armed services have just begun a program to collect DNA fingerprints from all personnel for use later, in case they are needed to identify casualties or persons missing in action. The DNA method will be far superior to the dogtags, dental records, and blood typing strategies currently in use.
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Well, think about it for a second, what stops everyone from coming in and saying, "Hey I am part Indian, show me the money.”???  Sometimes it is easy to see that someone has a specific ethnic background locked inside their genetic makeup, and for others it is harder.  This of course is do to one parents genes being the more predominant, so this would be why they ask for verification.  Make sense??
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Every person in the world has unique genetic code.  This code is present in all cells.  So if criminals are arrested and their genetic fingerprints put on record, then if they commit another crime, they can be identified by any blood, saliva, etc. that they leave behind.  That way, we're not limited by needing to get an actual thumbprint on the scene of the crime - any bodily fluid or tissue will do.  And the genetic match, if done right, is extremely accurate.
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These types of DNA are used to create a much more accurate diagnosis of DNA samples lef tfrom teh crime\n\nemail me a kkstrong0@yahoo.com if you have further questions and ill try to tell you what i know
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well, its a little more complicated than the above person mentions.\n\nAside from finding the right person to do so the process is listed below:\n1)  Restriction Enzymes break apart several parts of your DNA\n2) All the DNA sequences are put into a microfilament inside a gel.\n3) The gel is attached to an anode and a cathode at one end.\n4) the heavier and more electronexgative pieces move to the anode.\n5) this gives you a unique fingerprinting of your dna. The end result is a bunch of lines on gel which is unique to yourself.\n\nIf you want to get the sequences of your DNA figured out the project is much more complicated and would take many many years. However, the human genome project did it. And since every person has a 1% difference in their alleles (that is right ONLY ONE PERCENT!) it is very similar. Moreover out of 1000 nucleotide bases in a sequence of a polypeptide or DNA, 999 are the same as any other given person. So essentially the human genome project maps your genome very very closely.
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The following link is a great place to start.  \nhttp://www.crimelibrary.com/serial%5Fkillers/
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LEICESTER, England - One morning 20 years ago, Alec Jeffreys stumbled upon DNA fingerprinting, identifying the patterns of genetic material that are unique to almost every individual. The discovery revolutionized everything from criminal investigations to family law.\n\nJeffreys is still awed, and a bit worried, by the power of the technology he unleashed upon the world.
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1986-In the first use of DNA to solve a crime, Jeffreys used DNA profiling to identify Colin Pitchfork as the murderer of two young girls in the English Midlands. Significantly, in the course of the investigation, DNA was first used to exonerate an innocent suspect.\n\n1987-DNA profiling was introduced for the first time in a U.S. criminal court. Based on RFLP analysis performed by Lifecodes, Tommy Lee Andrews was convicted of a series of sexual assaults in Orlando, Florida.\n\nhope this helps
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I can't recall the exact year, but it was about 15 years ago in England.  A young girl was raped and murdered in a small village.  DNA testing was in the infant stages.  Every male in the village was required to take a blood test for DNA analysis.  One man had a friend go in his stead on the guise that he was deathly afraid of needles - and that guy turned out to be the perpetrator.
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Genetic predisposition.