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The Economics of Fighting Crime with D-N-A

Image credit: US Govt photo by James Tourtellotte of "Customs and Border Protection Today"

New study shows that a certain aspect of D-N-A use could both help stop crime, and save taxpayers money.

Guest:
Jennifer L. Doleac, Ph.D. - Economics and Public Policy researcher.  Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Virginia.  Author of the Batten School working paper The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime (January, 2013).

Additional Contributor:
Bradford C. Jenkins, M.S. - DNA specialist and Biology Program Manager at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.