More and more, jurors are presented with complex DNA evidence in trials. But do jurors actually understand this evidence? The cover story in the latest issue of the NIJ Journal focuses on an NIJ-funded study that examined whether four different innovations enhanced jurors' comprehension of DNA evidence in a mock jury trial.
Additional stories in this issue of the NIJ Journal discuss:
How technology, research, and global diversity will affect the way the criminal justice system looks in the next few decades.
Interim findings showing that most children were placed in foster care prior to, and not as a result of, their mother's incarceration.
Work underway to identify forensic markers of elder abuse to help caregivers, law enforcement officers, and medical professionals detect as well as prosecute mistreatment.
How research on serial prostitute homicides and deterrence programs can improve policies to address the social and health care repercussions of prostitution.
You can read these articles and subscribe to the NIJ Journal by visiting http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/journals/welcome.html. To order a hard copy from NCJRS please visit http://www.ncjrs.gov.html.
NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. For more information on NIJ, please visit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij.
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