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1 online resource (xviii, 406 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 charged or convicted of a crime. The public is largely unaware of these changes and the advances in biotechnology and forensic DNA science that have made them possible, but we are beginning to realize that the unfettered collection of DNA profiles from innocent citizens has compromised our basic fr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal investigation -- Cross-cultural studies
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DNA data banks -- Cross-cultural studies
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Evidence, Criminal -- Cross-cultural studies
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LAW -- Forensic Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics.
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Criminal investigation
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DNA data banks
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Evidence, Criminal
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simoncelli, Tania
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| ISBN |
9780231517805 |
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0231517807 |
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0231145209 |
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9780231145206 |
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