Biological evidence and DNA covers the disciplines that analyze biological material. Forensic molecular biology, or DNA analysis, is the first of the laboratory disciplines the Department of Justice lists, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology gives DNA and biological evidence its own research focus area. DNA analysis grew out of Alec Jeffreys's discovery at the University of Leicester that patterns in some regions of a person's DNA distinguish one individual from another, and Colin Pitchfork was the first murderer caught using it, after the rape and murder of fifteen-year-old Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1986.
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United States Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy: Forensic Science
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Chemical and Engineering News: Thirty years of DNA forensics
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Pitchfork was the first murderer to be caught using DNA analysis.
Wikipedia: Forensic Entomology
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uses insects and other arthropods as a basis for legal evidence
Forensic Pathology (Wikipedia)
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Forensic pathology is a field of medicine that focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse.
Wikipedia: Alec Jeffreys
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Sir Alec John Jeffreys (born 9 January 1950) is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes.
Wikipedia: Forensic Serology
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Forensic serology is the detection, identification, classification, and study of various bodily fluids such as blood, semen, saliva, and urine, and their relationship to a crime scene.
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