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The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent
The value of an investigative lead corresponds directly to the increase of the speed at which that lead is provided. A cost-benefit model using sexual assault cases demonstrates the preventative savings of quicker forensic DNA analytical response times by calculating the cost of additional crime com...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476691/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34611620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100201 |
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description | The value of an investigative lead corresponds directly to the increase of the speed at which that lead is provided. A cost-benefit model using sexual assault cases demonstrates the preventative savings of quicker forensic DNA analytical response times by calculating the cost of additional crime committed while cases sit awaiting analysis to commence. Calculations are provided per analyst day and with estimated U.S. nationwide impacts. With the elimination of the awaiting analysis backlog, crimes could be prevented, as well as justice better served to those wrongfully suspected. A case study demonstrates the value of timely forensic DNA analysis for sexual assault cases. A wrongfully accused individual identified by eyewitness testimony was eliminated by forensic analysis, while a very similar appearing recidivist perpetrator was included in a subsequent DNA comparison. |
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spelling | pubmed-84766912021-10-04 The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent Wickenheiser, Ray A. Forensic Sci Int Synerg Policy and Management (in memory of Jay Siegel) The value of an investigative lead corresponds directly to the increase of the speed at which that lead is provided. A cost-benefit model using sexual assault cases demonstrates the preventative savings of quicker forensic DNA analytical response times by calculating the cost of additional crime committed while cases sit awaiting analysis to commence. Calculations are provided per analyst day and with estimated U.S. nationwide impacts. With the elimination of the awaiting analysis backlog, crimes could be prevented, as well as justice better served to those wrongfully suspected. A case study demonstrates the value of timely forensic DNA analysis for sexual assault cases. A wrongfully accused individual identified by eyewitness testimony was eliminated by forensic analysis, while a very similar appearing recidivist perpetrator was included in a subsequent DNA comparison. Elsevier 2021-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8476691/ /pubmed/34611620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100201 Text en © 2021 The Author https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Policy and Management (in memory of Jay Siegel) Wickenheiser, Ray A. The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
title | The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
title_full | The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
title_fullStr | The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
title_full_unstemmed | The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
title_short | The value of forensic DNA leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
title_sort | value of forensic dna leads in preventing crime and eliminating the innocent |
topic | Policy and Management (in memory of Jay Siegel) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476691/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34611620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100201 |
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