title: New tools. A new breed of high-tech detectives.
abstract: Forensic scientists are equipping police investigators with powerful tools for collecting and analyzing evidence. But as detection techniques become increasingly sensitive, the problem of sifting the wheat from the chaff at a crime scene mushrooms, guaranteeing a role for the human investigator despite all the gadgetry. Moreover, some developments are also raising civil liberties concerns.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D002961:Civil Rights; D003418:Criminology / Q000379:methods; D004247:DNA; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004247:DNA