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The DNA analysis in Hungary

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AutorCsongor Herke - Csenge D. Tóth
Cargo del AutorAssociate Professor, Dr Habil., Head of Department, Department of Criminal Procedure Law and Forensic Science, Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences, University of Pécs - PhD candidate, Department of Criminal Procedure Law and Forensic Science, Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences, University of Pécs
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The DNA analysis in Hungary
CSONGOR HERKE* AND CSENGE D. TÓTH**
*Associate Professor, Dr Habil., Head of Department
Department of Criminal Procedure Law and Forensic Science
Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences
University of Pécs
**PhD candidate
Department of Criminal Procedure Law and Forensic Science
Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences
University of Pécs
CSONGOR HERKE AND CSENGE D. TÓTH
ABSTRACT: As the inventions concerning DNA techniques keep developing
the means and methods of the work of police agencies, court, prisons and other
international organizations and the criminal justice system must be faced with
fundamental changes in forensic DNA testing. The technological advances of
DNA analysis shall provide means to prevent and fight crimes on a higher level.
We would like to share some thoughts about the basic rules of DNA records,
DNA analysis, the weight and structure of expert opinions on DNA and last but
not least we would like to introduce a short case study where DNA testing was
admitted as evidence. Technological findings regarding DNA and their strict reg-
ulations should be seen as means to enable the proceeding authorities and to
exclude the falsification and contamination of such evidence so not to let to
undermine the strength, weight and admissibility of DNA evidence in legal pro-
cedures.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the light of the changes taking place in the past few decades, one of the
most recent scientific finding was DNA, which plays a huge role in forensics
as a material suitable for personal identification. The main point of research-
es and conclusions is that DNA can be found in every living cells through
inheritance, the ratio is permanent within one cell and it is characteristic of
a given species, hence of humans. Within species it is different and character-
istic of every single individual, carrying its genetic information, code, or also

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