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Genetic Suspects: Global Governance of Forensic DNA Profiling and Databasing

Genetic Suspects: Global Governance of Forensic DNA Profiling and Databasing

Author: Richard Hindmarsh; Barbara Prainsack
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108829076
Published In: June 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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As DNA forensic profiling and databasing become established as key technologies in the toolbox of the forensic sciences, their expanding use raises important issues that promise to touch everyone's lives. In an authoritative global investigation of a diverse range of countries, including those at the forefront of these technologies' development and use, this book identifies and provides critical reflection upon the many issues of privacy; distributive justice; DNA information system ownership; biosurveillance; function creep; the reliability of collection, storage and analysis of DNA profiles; the possibility of transferring medical DNA information to forensics databases; and democratic involvement and transparency in governance, an emergent key theme.

This book is timely and significant in providing the essential background and discussion of the ethical, legal and societal dimensions for academics, practitioners, public interest and criminal justice organisations, and students of the life sciences, law, politics, and sociology.

Reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the subject with contributions from experts in wide-ranging fields, including law, politics, and science and technology studies
Case studies from around the world show how governance issues differ across cultures and what common patterns of global genomic governance can be discerned
Discusses the social, ethical and political issues surrounding this field, including human rights and liberties, highlighting unsolved governance issues while demonstrating the potential contribution of DNA technologies

Foreword

Sheila Jasanoff

Acknowledgments

1. Introducing Genetic Suspects

Richard Hindmarsh and Barbara Prainsack

Part I. Key Areas in DNA Profiling and Databasing:

2. Key issues in DNA profiling and databasing: implications for governance

Barbara Prainsack

3. Forensic utilization of voluntarily collected DNA samples: law enforcement versus human rights

Elazar Zadok, Gali Ben-Or and Gabriela Fisman

4. Base assumptions? Racial aspects of US DNA forensics

Harriet A. Washington