Genetic Suspects by Richard Hindmarsh, Barbara Prainsack - 9780521519434

Genetic SuspectsGlobal Governance of Forensic DNA Profiling and Databasing\nAuthor(s): Richard Hindmarsh, Barbara Prainsack\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521519434, 978-0521519434\nSynopsis\nAs 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 t.