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Genetic justice DNA data banks, criminal investigations, and civil liberties /

Krimsky, Sheldon.

Genetic justice DNA data banks, criminal investigations, and civil liberties / [print and electronic resource] : Sheldon Krimsky and Tania Simoncelli. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2011. - xviii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 393) and index.

Forensic DNA analysis -- The network of U.S. DNA data banks -- Community DNA dragnets -- Familial DNA searches -- Forensic DNA phenotyping -- Surreptitious biological sampling -- Exonerations : when the DNA doesn't match -- The allure behind universal data banks -- The UK : paving the way to forensic DNA -- Japan's forensic DNA data bank : a call for reform -- Australia : a quest for uniformity in DNA data banking -- Germany : from eugenics to forensics -- Italy : a data bank in search of a law -- Privacy and genetic surveillance -- Racial disparities in DNA data banking -- Fallibility in DNA identification -- Efficacy : a case of diminishing returns -- Toward a vision of justice : recommendations for responsible uses of DNA in law enforcement -- Appendix: Six-country comparison of forensic DNA data banks.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

9780231145206 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231517805 (electronic)

2010007236


Criminal investigation--Cross-cultural studies.
DNA data banks--Cross-cultural studies.
Evidence, Criminal--Cross-cultural studies.


Electronic books.

HV8073 / .K668 2011

363.25/62

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