National scenery of the use of genetic identification technique in the official services of identification and the dentist participation

Abstract

DNA analysis can be considered a major technical advance in criminal investigation since the discovery of fingerprints. It is incorporated in forensic routine by police of first world countries and now it has been used in forensic reports in some states of Brazil. This paper aimed to know the Brazilian context regarding this technology. Questionnaires were applied in Institutes of Criminology and DNA forensic laboratories of 20 Brazilian states. The results of this study allowed us to verify the greatest influence of DNA technique in identification processes, the professional diversity of teams and the description of the procedures, which incorporated specific knowledge from dental professionals in the examples of teams with the presence of dentists