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Record Nr.

UNINA9910424947803321

Autore

Amelung Nina

Titolo

Modes of Bio-Bordering [[electronic resource] ] : The Hidden (Dis)integration of Europe / / by Nina Amelung, Rafaela Granja, Helena Machado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Springer Nature, 2021

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2021

ISBN

981-15-8183-5

978-981-15-8183-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 151 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

303.483

Soggetti

Technology—Sociological aspects

Criminology

Science and Technology Studies

Criminology and Criminal Justice, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – A brief history of the evolution of forensic biometrics and biometric database systems crossing borders in EU law enforcement -- Chapter 3 – Biobordering as a concept -- Chapter 4 – Germany -- Chapter 5 – The Netherlands -- Chapter 6 – Poland -- Chapter 7 – Portugal -- Chapter 8 – The United Kingdom -- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book explores how biometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit, control and contain the mobility of selected people, namely criminalized populations. It introduces the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to transnational biometric data exchange regimes. The concept is useful to reconstruct how the territorial foundations of national state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time, partially purposefully suspended. The book focuses on the Prüm system, which facilitates the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA data amongst EU Member States. The Prüm system is an underexplored phenomenon, representing diverse



instances of bio-bordering and providing a complex picture of the hidden (dis)integration of Europe. Particular legal, scientific, technical and political dimensions related to the governance and uses of biometric technologies in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom are specifically explored to demonstrate both similar and distinct patterns.