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Legal contexts and more -- Juvenile characteristics, political and social climate change, and transfer -- Forensic mental health concepts -- Empirical foundations and limits -- Preparation for the evaluation -- Data collection -- Interpretation -- Report writing and testimony -- Treatment -- Conclusion

This article describes disputes that have arisen around forms of forensic DNA profiling technologies known as 'low-template DNA' methods. These ultra-sensitive techniques, used to analyse trace quantities of DNA, have previously been used in many high-profile criminal cases. However, certain cases have stimulated renewed debate within forensic scientific communities concerning the reliability and validity of low-template DNA. The low-template DNA controversy is used in this article to further explore the co-productive dynamics between biotechnology and criminal justice, which have previously been termed 'biolegality'. My study describes the boundary work through which interlocutors have attempted to frame the status of low-template DNA as a forensic innovation. A series of published exchanges by forensic scientists in a technical journal is used to highlight the challenges of negotiating a series of technological boundaries through which low-template DNA has been comprehended by actors. I show how the articulation of low-template DNA creates new and varying epistemic relationships and dependencies. In making visible this boundary work, I highlight the potential for further exploration of the interactional dimensions of biolegality.

This book goes beyond the glamorous portrayals of CSI professionals on television to highlight the real sources of job satisfaction among forensic scientists. Drawing on interviews with current forensic scientists, this book concludes that forensic scientists experience the most satisfaction in helping victims, the community, and society at large.

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Patterns and Trends in Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice -- 3 The Development of Delinquency -- 4 Preventing Juvenile Crime -- 5 The Juvenile Justice System -- 6 Race, Crime, and Juvenile Justice: The Issue of Racial Disparity -- References -- APPENDIX A Definition of Offenses Used in Uniform Crime Reporting -- APPENDIX B The Indeterminacy of Forecasts of Crime Rates and Juvenile Offenses -- APPENDIX C Workshop Agendas -- APPENDIX D Biographical Sketches -- Index.