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E11| Listener Question: Penile swabs & reasonable cause.
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In this episode, Mike responds to a listener's question about the validity of a penile swab. The Supreme Court of Canada decision of R. v. Saeed, 2016 SCC 24 is discussed as well as academic and reference material in the area of penile swabs and DNA collection.
Croatian Medical Journal - Analysis of DNA Evidence Recovered from Epithelial Cells in Penile Swabs
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - Assessing the presence of female DNA on post-coital penile swabs: Relevance to the investigation of sexual assault
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