Racial Profiling Essay

DNA evidence is a crucial piece of information in a criminal case. DNA evidence is regularly used in criminal cases and is often used as evidence in court, sometimes being the dealbreaker for if someone goes to jail or not. Although DNA is reliable, there are cases where DNA has been tampered with, contaminated, or lost, sometimes wrongly accusing someone who is innocent. Although the use of DNA is still fairly new, it has quickly become the best and most reliable source of evidence in criminal…

Criminal Profiling is an involved procedure that looks at a variety of factors in order to create a report of the behaviors the offender may potentially exhibit. The process happens in a series of stages: the first stage named the ‘Profiling Input Stage’ is when significant case materials are studied in order to become familiar with the crime, this can include, police and medical reports, crime scene descriptions, victim’s background, and forensic information. The ‘Decision Making Stage’ is the…

The innocence project has found “Unverified or improper forensic analysis has contributed to more than 50 percent of its DNA exonerations” (Hughes). More than half of the people exonerated were sentenced because improper or unverified forensic analysis. Microscopic hair comparison and DNA analysis is an issue in the United States' Justice System, however there is a solution. In 1996, FBI laboratory developed and implemented mitochondrial DNA analysis ("FBI/DOJ Microscopic"). Microscopic hair…

In September 1984, DNA fingerprinting was born. Alec Jeffreys invented a concept that has made cops job much easier. It also helps you know if you're related to someone. DNA distinguishes humans from one another at a widespread level. So remember you can't mess with DNA. How does it work? If you're a cop you use DNA fingerprinting to figure out who was at your crime scene. First you would collect traces of body tissue from the scene. You can do this by taking a sample of blood that was found at…

The 2004 movie “Crash”, produced by Paul Haggis, is about the different lives of a few people around the same community that are dealing with social and racial issues. In this movie we see some of the different stories of each character connect to each other. For example, one of the character’s story revolves around Peter Water, and another story focused on revolves around Detective Graham Waters. Both characters are brothers, and through the film we see how the actions of Peter water, who is…

part” (128), causing Zinedine Zidane to react in the last two minutes of the World Cup. While de jure racial segregation might have ended 61 years ago, when the United States Supreme Court made its ruling on Brown V. Board of Education, racial segregation and inequality continues to silently live on in America’s Urban Educational system. According to the Department of Education, de facto racial segregation is a linking cause of the Black-White…

Disability is the only minority group in which any person can join at any given time temporarily or permanently. People with disabilities are defined by a combination of cognitive, developmental, emotional, mental, physical, and sensory impairments. Cultural critic, Georgina Kleege, examines blindness and visual culture from a critical disabilities perspective and renowned scholar, Kelly Fritsch, evaluates the visual implications of marking the wheelchair as the International Symbol for Access…

Forensic evidence has been around for centuries. Whether it is using things like fingerprints or soil samples, it has been a significant form of support to find and convict criminals. Only recently, though, has DNA analysis become a major part of the forensic evidence process. The goal of this paper is to discuss how DNA analysis can be applied to dental, hair, and blood evidence to solve crimes; also, the importance of an accurate and detailed chain of custody log will be shown. The standard…

DNA evidence has become more advanced and accurate means of identification. Everyone has his or her own unique DNA and no two sets are alike. With modern advances small samples many years old can now be identified breathing new life in cold cases and in some cases set innocent men and women free by clearing their name (Dempsey & Forst, 2011). This has created a backlog of cases both old and new. With a limited number of qualified labs it has led to mix up between cases. DNA has been a…

It was 1990 in Goldsboro, North Carolina where the phantom known by society as the Night Stalker had wandered around the streets brutally attacking elderly women. Raped and almost murdered, an elderly woman was attacked in March saved merely by her daughter’s early arrival. Materials had been left behind for the intention to burn the residence for the sheer reason to conceal the crime. Three months later, the same crime had been committed along with the attempt of murder of her husband. Before…