Case Management and Expert Testimony Provision
The Case Management team uses a reporting system integrated with
the NSW Police exhibit management system to facilitate electronic exchange of
data between the agencies. Sophisticated expert software is used for complex
DNA interpretation and reporting by experienced biologists.
We specialise in:
· Autosomal, Y-STR and mitochondrial DNA interpretation
· Forensic Phenotyping for external visible characteristics and
biogeographical ancestry
· Use of expert systems for interpreting complex DNA mixtures from
multiple individuals
· Expert testimony provision to courts at Local, District and Supreme
Courts covering all areas of forensic biology, DNA analytical processes and DNA
interpretation
· Lectures to universities, NSW Police Force, and legal practitioners
· Database management as the custodians of the NSW DNA searching database
· Ability to search DNA results on the NSW DNA database and the National
Criminal Investigation DNA Database to report DNA link information to NSW
Police
· Intelligence-based familial searching capability both within NSW and
nationally
· Paternity testing in accordance with the Family Law Act 1975