Problem-based analysis of bitemark misidentifications: The role of DNA

Bowers, C. Michael

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.032

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“…33 (Steele, 2002 ;Schwartz, 2004Schwartz, , 2005Nichols, 2007;Schwartz, 2007). 34 (Pretty & Sweet, 2001;Kieser, 2005;Bowers, 2006). 35 See in this connection (McLachlan, 1995;Saks & Koehler, 2008;Champod, 2009;Cole, 2009;Kaye, 2009a;Kaye, 2010). forensic science.…”

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Scientific Evidence in Europe -- Admissibility, Evaluation and Equality of Arms

Champod

Vuille

2011

International Commentary on Evidence

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This study was commissioned by the European Committee on Crime Problems at the Council of Europe to describe and discuss the standards used to asses the admissibility and appraisal of scientific evidence in various member countries. After documenting cases in which faulty forensic evidence seems to have played a critical role, the authors describe the legal foundations of the issues of admissibility and assessment of the probative value in the field of scientific evidence, contrasting criminal justice systems of accusatorial and inquisitorial tradition and the various risks that they pose in terms of equality of arms. Special attention is given to communication issues between lawyers and scientific experts. The authors eventually investigate possible ways of improving the system. Among these mechanisms, emphasis is put on the adoption of a common terminology for expressing the weight of evidence. It is also proposed to adopt an harmonized interpretation framework among forensic experts rooted in good practices of logical inference.

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Scientific Evidence in Europe -- Admissibility, Evaluation and Equality of Arms

Champod

Vuille

2011

International Commentary on Evidence

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“…Furthermore, distortions may modify, complicate, or render impossible the interpretation of a bite mark (Bowers, 2006;Pretty, 2006Pretty, , 2008. The use of bite marks as forensic evidence has an average false-positive error of 64% (Saks and Koehler, 2005).…”

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Relevance of sampling and DNA extraction techniques for the analysis of salivary evidence from bite marks: a case report

Ml¹,

Hernández-Cortés²,

Jaramillo‐Rangel³

et al. 2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. Bite mark evidence has been repeatedly found in criminal cases. Physical comparison of a bite mark to the teeth of available suspects may not always be possible. Experimental studies have shown that the analysis of DNA present in the saliva recovered from bite marks might help in the identification of individuals. However, the application of this approach to an actual criminal case has been reported only once before in forensic literature. Therefore, there is very limited scientific and technical information available on this subject. The current study focuses on a woman found dead in her home; the autopsy ruled the death to be a result of manual strangulation. A bite mark was found on each breast. The single swab technique was used to collect evidence from these bite marks, and an organic extraction method was employed for DNA isolation. Short tandem repeat (STR) sequence typing was performed using a commercially available kit, and the result was compared to the STR profile of a suspect. A full singlesource STR profile was obtained from both bite marks, which matched the STR profile of the suspect. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second report on the analysis of DNA isolated from bite marks on the victim used to identify the crime perpetrator. Our results indicated that, contrary to most theoretical indications, a single swab technique for evidence collection and an organic method for DNA isolation could be very useful in solving this class of criminal cases.

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“…sorely lacking in rigorous scientific testing [5]. It is recognized that an urgent need for high quality studies on bitemarks analysis is required [11,13,14].…”

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“Biometric Dental Rosette” - Introduction into New Method of Dental Identification

Rychlik

Przystańska

Lorkiewicz-Muszyńska

et al. 2015

Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Access to the Human Environment and Culture

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Abstract. The hypothesis of the study was that human dentition is unique. This study was performed to analyze whether biometric methods using measurements and proportions are suitable for dental identification. The use of 3D models with specialized systems for computer aided engineering (CAE) and Reverse Engineering (RE) allowed for a number of point surface and volume comparative analyses. "Mapping" was carried out next on the dentition models. This procedure results in a set of curves and points depicting the characteristic features of the teeth and their edges respectively. Based on the "mapping" the so-called "biometric dental rosette" was created for the dentition models. The "biometric dental rosette" was created for maxillary and mandibular dentition models. Every rosette was individual thus unique. The method allowed for positive identification of all the volunteers. The presented studies are of preliminary character, and the continuation is necessary.

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Problem-based analysis of bitemark misidentifications: The role of DNA

Cited by 45 publications

References 8 publications

Scientific Evidence in Europe -- Admissibility, Evaluation and Equality of Arms

Scientific Evidence in Europe -- Admissibility, Evaluation and Equality of Arms

Relevance of sampling and DNA extraction techniques for the analysis of salivary evidence from bite marks: a case report

“Biometric Dental Rosette” - Introduction into New Method of Dental Identification

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