Study: DNA may have only modest impact on sexual assault arrests
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 12:02
in Psychology & Sociology
Most arrests in sexual assault cases occur before crime laboratory results are available, a new study found, suggesting that DNA testing may influence arrests in just a small number of cases.The paper is among the first studies to examine the impact of DNA on sexual assault arrest rates, although the researchers said the findings should be interpreted cautiously because of the small sample size of cases used in key analyses.