NCJ Number
25024
Date Published
1974
Length
59 pages
Annotation
THIS VOLUME PRESENTS THE BIBLIOGRAPHY DEVELOPED IN THE STUDY OF THE STATUS OF U.S. FORENSIC SEROLOGY, AND A SAMPLE OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE.
Abstract
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, APPENDIX A, IS COMPOSED OF REFERENCES NOT ALREADY CITED UNDER 'NOTES' IN VOLUME I. IT IS ORGANIZED IN THREE SECTIONS TO MAXIMIZE THE USEFULNESS TO THE READER. PERTINENT REFERENCES FOR WHICH FULL ABSTRACTS WERE AVAILABLE FROM THE SOURCE, SUCH AS FROM CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, HAVE THE ABSTRACT REPRODUCED IN SECTION 1. SECTION 2 LISTS THOSE REFERENCES FOR WHICH ONLY ONESENTENCE ABSTRACTS WERE FOUND IN THE SOURCE. SECTION 3 CONTAINS REFERENCES FOR WHICH ONLY TITLES AND AUTHOR WERE AVAILABLE. APPENDIX B CONSISTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE USED FOR THE SURVEY. TELEPHONE CALLS AND VISITS WERE MADE USING THE QUESTIONNAIRE AS A GUIDE IN CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEW. THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS COMPOSED OF TWO SECTIONS, THE FIRST COVERING QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED OF CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORIES PRACTICING SOME TYPE OF BLOOD INDIVIDUALIZATION, THE SECOND COVERING INFORMATION OF INTEREST IN DETERMINING GENETIC VARIANT FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE. THE SECOND PART THEREFORE CONTAINS QUESTIONS PUT TO BLOOD BANKS AND OTHER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THEIR POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COOPERATIVE DATA COLLECTION EFFORT. FOR THE FIRST VOLUME OF THIS REPORT CONTAINING THE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION, SEE NCJ-25023. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)