BLOOD AND BLOODSTAIN ANALYSIS PROGRAM - CONCEPTS FOR A COMPUTERIZED BLOOD DATA FILE - EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 35139
• Author(s): R T GOETTGE; G N ROBERTS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 47 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-025-73
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Aerospace Corporation
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT ON PROGRESS TO WARD DEVELOPMENT OF A BLOOD DATA FILE FOR IMPROVING THE BLOOD-TYPING CAPABILITIES OF U.S. CRIME LABORATORIES SO THAT THE INDIVIDUALITY OF A BLOOD SAMPLE MAY BE DETERMINED.

Abstract

THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE GENETICALLY CONTROLLED CONSTITUENTS PRESENT IN HUMAN BLOOD, TOGETHER WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE WITHIN THE POPULATION, CAN BE USED TO ESTABLISH THE INDIVIDUALITY OF A BLOOD SPECIMEN. THE FREQUENCY-OF-OCCURRENCE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES A BLOOD DATA BASE LARGE ENOUGH TO CONSTITUTE A STATISTICALLY VALID SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION. A PROTOTYPE FOR A COMPUTERIZED NATIONAL BLOOD DATA SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSES OF STORING AVAILABLE BLOOD DATA AND DEVELOPING THE REQUIRED STATISTICAL INFORMATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)