Beginning with a concise overview of DNA analysis methods and their use in identifying victims of mass fatalities, this volume provides comprehensive training in these techniques. The book discusses DNA sample collection from family members and other DNA reference samples. Readers learn different methodologies that can be used in the laboratory to extract DNA and generate profiles. A chapter on STR data analysis provides everything needed to understand the many complexities involved in the comparison of DNA profiles from the human remains to the reference samples. An accompanying CD-ROM includes example forms.