DNA Information System : The Use Of The Combined DNA Index System

The NIBIN, IAFIS, and CODIS are all databases that the forensic scientists use. Each of these are different and unique in their own way. For example the NIBIN stands for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network while the IAFIS stands for the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Lastly the CODIS stands for the Combined DNA Index System. All of these are different and help forensic scientist study crime scenes or individuals to access and try to put an end to specific

and investigators need to use databases to quickly store and organize information. The use of these databases allows information about criminals to be stored and easily accessed, so investigators can identify whoever committed the crime. The NIBIN, IAFIS, and CODIS databases are some of the tools widely used and available to forensic scientists. NIBIN, or the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, allows prompt and easy identification of ballistics information from across the country (ATF

preserve, and use evidence include: IAFIS(Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System),NIBIN(National Integrated Ballistic Information Network), and CODIS database(Combined DNA Index System). The IAFIS database came about in mid-1999.” This national, computerized system for storing, comparing, and exchanging fingerprint data in a digital format permits comparisons of fingerprints in a faster and more accurate manner.” This database is operated by Criminal Justice Information Services(CIJS)

Forensics science has had a huge impact on today's legal system making it much easier to identify and put away criminals. Before being able to identify people by their DNA the court heavily relied on eyewitness accounts. This was not always the best option seeing that these accounts were not always accurate. Now however forensics are able to find out someone's identity through something as simple as a hair follicle. With this new technology not only is it easier prove someone's guilt, it is also

are done on the DNA then is compared to a known collected same from a suspect or compared in CODIS. CODIS is a databank of DNA samples. CODIS stands for combined DNA index system, it was created by the FBI and is maintained by them as well. The purpose of this databank of DNA is to help in investigations with linking samples to a suspect and to help a forensic lab match samples faster than before it was created. A CODIS search only allows access to certain pieces of information like; an identification

however a misconception since DNA can potentially provide more information about a person than a fingerprint and thus can open the door more widely to breaches of privacy. The DNA of a person can be used to tell law enforcement that you have a brother or that you were adopted. It can also identify by ethnicity or sex or reveal whether you predisposed to serious diseases such as cancer and tendencies to violence, substance abuse or mental illness. Currently, the DNA examined and recorded for forensic

In this research paper I will be talking about databases, the different types and the effect it has on criminal justice. I will explain what a database is as well as some of the history. I will also be explaining who uses a database in the criminal justice field and show both the positive and negative effects the databases have on criminal justice. A database is a collection of data that is organized and is supposed to be organized in such a way that it resembles reality. An example is finding the

During investigating a crime scene there is very important databases that can help make or break a case. Some examples of certain databases they use are National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), and Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Using these certain databases can help you solve a crime more efficiently because you can find answers you need more quickly with the technology that is now provided.  The first database NIBIN

Before DNA testing existed in aid of crime solving, simple logic was used, but since the late 1800s, DNA testing has advanced. DNA analysis is used for comparing samples from a crime scene to a database of possible offenders. Forensic scientists have developed various technologies for analyzing offenders’ DNA, such as the Combined DNA Index System, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the National Integrated Ballistics Identification Network, and trace evidence. These systems help investigators

Policy Analysis A. What is the policy? There exists national backlog of untested rape kits. This is an outrage with disastrous consequences for sexual assault victims. Currently, around 400,000 rape kits sit unexamined in laboratories and in police storage across the country—each one of them containing the potential to solve a crime, incarcerate a rapist and provide a victim with the justice they deserve. There are two types of rape kit backlogs in the United States: the publicly-known backlog of