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Article: 10% or 5% match window in DNA profiling

Title10% or 5% match window in DNA profiling
Authors
KeywordsBin size
DNA profiling
Fixed bins
Match window size
Match-binning
Issue Date1996
PublisherElsevier Ireland Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/forsciint
Citation
Forensic Science International, 1996, v. 78 n. 2, p. 111-118 How to Cite?
AbstractThough the FBI repeatedly claims that the width of the window of the matching criterion they use in DNA profiling is 5%, it is shown that the width is indeed 10%. This fact has been noticed by some people but seems unknown to many. However, no one seems to be aware of the fundamental problem it creates to the fixed bin method employed by the FBI and some other laboratories because about half of the bins have sizes less than 10%. In other words, the probability for a random match of the DNA fragments from the crime scene and from the suspect could be underestimated. The problem may have serious implications for commonly adopted legal and forensic practices. The potential seriousness of underestimating the match probability is illustrated using the Hong Kong Chinese database.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/82855
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.750
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dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:34:11Z-
dc.date.issued1996en_HK
dc.identifier.citationForensic Science International, 1996, v. 78 n. 2, p. 111-118en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0379-0738en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/82855-
dc.description.abstractThough the FBI repeatedly claims that the width of the window of the matching criterion they use in DNA profiling is 5%, it is shown that the width is indeed 10%. This fact has been noticed by some people but seems unknown to many. However, no one seems to be aware of the fundamental problem it creates to the fixed bin method employed by the FBI and some other laboratories because about half of the bins have sizes less than 10%. In other words, the probability for a random match of the DNA fragments from the crime scene and from the suspect could be underestimated. The problem may have serious implications for commonly adopted legal and forensic practices. The potential seriousness of underestimating the match probability is illustrated using the Hong Kong Chinese database.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/forsciinten_HK
dc.relation.ispartofForensic Science Internationalen_HK
dc.rightsForensic Science International. Copyright © Elsevier Ireland Ltd.en_HK
dc.subjectBin sizeen_HK
dc.subjectDNA profilingen_HK
dc.subjectFixed binsen_HK
dc.subjectMatch window sizeen_HK
dc.subjectMatch-binningen_HK
dc.title10% or 5% match window in DNA profilingen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/0379-0738(95)01876-Xen_HK
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