04045nam 2200685Ia 450 991045820410332120200520144314.01-280-59952-997866136293640-231-51780-710.7312/krim14520(CKB)2560000000056141(EBL)908679(OCoLC)828795462(SSID)ssj0000484601(PQKBManifestationID)12194342(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484601(PQKBWorkID)10594362(PQKB)11404935(MiAaPQ)EBC908679(DE-B1597)459024(OCoLC)773583490(OCoLC)979909877(DE-B1597)9780231517805(Au-PeEL)EBL908679(CaPaEBR)ebr10435908(CaONFJC)MIL362936(EXLCZ)99256000000005614120100318d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGenetic justice[electronic resource] DNA data banks, criminal investigations, and civil liberties /Sheldon Krimsky and Tania SimoncelliNew York Columbia University Press20101 online resource (425 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-14521-7 0-231-14520-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Romero, Anthony D. -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. DNA in Law Enforcement: History, Applications, and Expansion -- Part II. Comparative Systems: Forensic DNA in Five Nations -- Part III. Critical Perspectives: Balancing Personal Liberty, Social Equity, and Security -- Appendix: A Comparison of DNA Databases in Six Nations -- Notes -- Selected Readings -- IndexNational DNA databanks were initially established to catalogue the identities of violent criminals and sex offenders. However, since the mid-1990s, forensic DNA databanks have in some cases expanded to include people merely arrested, regardless of whether they've been charged or convicted of a crime. The public is largely unaware of these changes and the advances that biotechnology and forensic DNA science have made possible. Yet many citizens are beginning to realize that the unfettered collection of DNA profiles might compromise our basic freedoms and rights.Two leading authors on medical ethics, science policy, and civil liberties take a hard look at how the United States has balanced the use of DNA technology, particularly the use of DNA databanks in criminal justice, with the privacy rights of its citizenry. Krimsky and Simoncelli analyze the constitutional, ethical, and sociopolitical implications of expanded DNA collection in the United States and compare these findings to trends in the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Germany, and Italy. They explore many controversial topics, including the legal precedent for taking DNA from juveniles, the search for possible family members of suspects in DNA databases, the launch of "DNA dragnets" among local populations, and the warrantless acquisition by police of so-called abandoned DNA in the search for suspects. Most intriguing, Krimsky and Simoncelli explode the myth that DNA profiling is infallible, which has profound implications for criminal justice.Criminal investigationCross-cultural studiesDNA data banksCross-cultural studiesEvidence, CriminalCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.Criminal investigationDNA data banksEvidence, Criminal363.25/62Krimsky Sheldon507787Simoncelli Tania1049319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458204103321Genetic justice2478215UNINA