Genetic Justice : DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties

Genetic Justice : DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties /

National DNA databanks were initially established to catalogue the identities of violent criminals and sex offenders. However, since the mid-1990s, forensic DNA databanks have expanded in some states and nations to include all people who have been arrested, regardless of whether they've been ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krimsky, Sheldon (Author)
Other Authors: Simoncelli, Tania
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Criminal investigation > Cross-cultural studies.
DNA data banks > Cross-cultural studies.
Evidence, Criminal > Cross-cultural studies.
LAW > Forensic Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Genetics & Genomics.
Criminal investigation
DNA data banks
Evidence, Criminal
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Forensic DNA analysis
  • The network of U.S. DNA data banks
  • Community DNA dragnets
  • Familial DNA searches
  • Forensic DNA phenotyping
  • Surreptitious biological sampling
  • Exonerations : when the DNA doesn't match
  • The illusory appeal of a universal DNA data bank
  • The UK : paving the way in forensic DNA
  • Japan's forensic DNA data bank : a call for reform
  • Australia : a quest for uniformity in DNA data banking
  • Germany : from eugenics to forensics
  • Italy : a data bank in search of a law
  • Privacy and genetic surveillance
  • Racial disparities in DNA data banking
  • Fallibility in DNA identification
  • The efficacy of DNA data banks : a case of diminishing returns
  • Toward a vision of justice : principles for responsible uses of DNA in law enforcement.

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