nofuture
09-03-2010, 09:44 AM
TV crime shows may have created the myth that DNA can solve almost every grisly crime - but the reality is very different.
As few as one in every 1,300 crimes reported to the police is solved by the national DNA database, according to a report released by MPs yesterday.
The research shows that - despite the massive expansion in the Government database - only 3,666 crimes are detected every year with links to an existing DNA profile.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256404/How-just-0-3-cent-solved-crimes-DNA-database.html#ixzz0hffaX7Yj
As few as one in every 1,300 crimes reported to the police is solved by the national DNA database, according to a report released by MPs yesterday.
The research shows that - despite the massive expansion in the Government database - only 3,666 crimes are detected every year with links to an existing DNA profile.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256404/How-just-0-3-cent-solved-crimes-DNA-database.html#ixzz0hffaX7Yj