What's in a Name? — Medical Samples and Scientific Evidence in Sexual Assaults
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Medicine, Science and the Law
- Vol. 34 (3) , 187-201
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002580249403400302
Abstract
A survey of findings in relation to body swabs, hairs, fingernails and protectives is presented. The need to sample precisely and without contamination is stressed, since interpretation of findings depends on this.Keywords
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