Defense Experts in the Areas of DNA Profiling

Dean A. Stetler and Associates, Inc provides their expertise and knowledge of biological science, particularly of DNA profiling, to criminal defenses. Recently, we profiled both Dean Stetler and Dean A. Stetler and Associates, Inc to discover more about the award-winning services that they provide to clients.

Dean A. Stetler and Associates, Inc provides their expertise and knowledge of biological science, particularly of DNA profiling, to criminal defenses. The firm educates the attorneys as well as the judge and jury by providing them with easy to understand explanations of complex ideas. Such an understanding is necessary for them to accept the alternative explanations for the scientific data in the case provided to them by the team at Dean A. Stetler and Associates, Inc. This acceptance can ideally, lead to acquittal.

At Dean A. Stetler and Associates, Inc, the majority of the clients that they serve are defense attorneys. The majority of these clients find both Dean’s name and contact information from a colleague who has had help from Dean and the firm in the past.

For the past several years, Dean has had a keen interest in the genetics of violent behavior. In 2014, Dean published a study of the monoamine oxidase A gene in violent offenders. Dean reported that 62% of the violent offenders had a low activity form of this gene, as compared to only 20% of the nonviolent offenders (Stetler, D.A., et al., J. Psychiatric Res., 2014, 58: 69-75). These results strongly indicated that the MAOA gene plays a significant role in the development of violent behavior in our society. Dean has been working on identification of other gene variants involved in predisposition to commit violence. 

In 2019, he will report that a variant in a serotonin receptor gene, when present with a low activity MAOA gene, results in violent criminal behavior in nearly 100 % of subjects (Stetler, et al., 2019, manuscript in preparation).

Looking ahead what the future holds, Dean will continue to provide his award-winning services which has seen him receive the accolade Most Trusted DNA Profiling and Forensics Defense Expert 2018 – Mid West USA in Acquisition Intl. Magazine’s 2018 Global Excellence.

Contact: Dean A. Stetler, Ph.D.o
Company: Dean A. Stetler and Associates, Inc
Address: 4212 Catalina Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049
Telephone: 785-331-8090