DNA: A Practical Guide is a reference material for investigators, prosecutors, and criminal defence attorneys confronted with proceedings involving DNA evidence. It discusses on post-conviction sampling issues and the use of mitochondrial DNA as evidence. The book also documents annual reports and statistics pertaining to the national DNA data bank.

Apart from that it covers:

• Legal and scientific aspects of DNA collection and analysis
• The presentation and scrutiny of DNA evidence in Canadian criminal courts
• The role of the expert witness
• DNA Identification Act and related regulations and provisions of the Criminal Code
• Crown policy manual DNA data-banking legislation