NIJ Journal Issue No. 253

Editorial Board:
Kirsten Baumgarten Rowe
Chief of Staff

John Morgan
Assistant Director
for Science and Technology

Thomas E. Feucht
Assistant Director
for Research and Evaluation

Jay Albanese
Stanley Erickson
Jolene Hernon
Rhonda Jones
Akiva Liberman
Lee Mockensturm
Marilyn Moses
Cornelia Sorensen Sigworth
George Tillery
Lois Tully
Brenda Worthington
Edwin Zedlewski

Editor:
Dan Tompkins

Production by:
Palladian Partners, Inc.
Mary B. Murphy
Managing Editor
Catharine Rankin
Production Editor
Aaron Auyeung
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Image 1: picture of a policeman behind crime scene marked off by police tape; Image 2: picture of hands of a lab person working

NIJ Journal No. 253 • January 2006

Cover Story:
DNA Analysis for “Minor” Crimes: A Major Benefit
for Law Enforcement
by Edwin Zedlewski and Mary B. Murphy

Director’s Message

Features

Tracking Prisoners in Jail With Biometrics: An Experiment in a Navy Brig
by Christopher A. Miles and Jeffrey P. Cohn

Predicting a Criminal’s Journey to Crime

Victim Satisfaction With the Criminal Justice System

At-A-Glance

Police Responses to Officer-Involved Shootings
by David Klinger

Automated Information Sharing: Does It Help Law Enforcement Officers Work Better?
by Martin J. Zaworski

Also in This Issue

NIJ and Harvard University Host Webcasts on Less Lethal Force and DNA in “Minor” Crimes

Books in Brief

Publications of Interest From NIJ

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