Code
12E02314
Duration
01 December 2013 → 30 November 2018
Funding
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Criminography and methods of criminological investigation
- Criminology not elsewhere classified
Keywords
forensic DNA
data source
quantitative research
unknown offenders
Project description
To date, very little criminological research has been carried out using DNA databases, and their validity as a data source has largely been unexplored. The present study reviews the specific weakness and strength of DNA databases as a source of criminological research, respectively the selectivity of the source compared to police data and the ability to study unknown offenders.