The Expansion of Forensic DNA Databases and Police Sampling Powers in the Post-9/11 Era Ethical Considerations on Genetic Privacy  

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Dierickx, Kris ; Van Camp, Nathan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 14 no. 3 (Sep. 2007), page 237-268.
Topik: DNA analysis; Forensic Indentification; Forensic DNA databases; Genetic Exceptionalism; Genetic Privacy; Risk Society

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45.7 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Although DNA profiling has been an important forensic research technique since the late 1980s, for a long time, it had not captured much attention from either academics or the public so far. In recent years, this neglect seems to have ended. Not only has wide-spread media coverage of events such as 9/11 and the 2004 tsunami brought about widespread knowledge of the usefulness of forensic DNA identification, the development of large databases containing DNA profiles of both suspected and convicted criminals has in the last few years also triggered a discussion on the intrusiveness of these measures into a number of civil rights. Indeed, although the increasing use of DNA based techniques in the criminal justice system promises to offer some great benefits for a society that is permeated with risk-aversion, at the same time it also gives rise to some worrying ethical and social consequences. In this article, we confine ourselves to an analysis of the practice of DNA sample retention by government agencies that use these samples to derive digital storable DNA profiles. While this practice seems unnecessary for the purpose of criminal investigation, it carries some severe risks for genetic privacy rights which have hardly been explored so far.

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