Car Theft and Homicide DNA Term Paper

Money is the motivator for a large number of crimes, and most car thefts are no different. Often, there is no DNA or other evidence, and the car is simply gone, never to be recovered.

Another crime where DNA may or may not be useful is homicide. There are times when there is a lot of evidence available and times when there is not. This largely depends on the scene, and there are different types (Scheck, Neufeld, & Dwyer, 2000). Some crime scenes are found where the person has just been recently killed, and these usually have the most evidence, because they are 'fresh' scenes.Other crime scenes are very old, mostly just bones instead of a body, and they often have very little evidence of any kind left. Other types of homicide crime scenes include those where the person was killed somewhere and then moved somewhere else (Scheck, Neufeld, & Dwyer, 2000). These can be confusing and hard to trace, making them some of the most difficult homicide scenes to address.

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Scheck, B., Neufeld, P, and Dwyer, J.….....