DNA databases /
Lauri R. Harding, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007.
- 100 p. ; 24 cm
- At issue .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Caveat : what are the benefits and burdens of DNA databases? / Christine Rosen -- A DNA database of all persons would improve the criminal justice system / James D. Watson -- As DNA databases grow, the potential for abuse and error increases / Tania Simoncelli and Helen Wallace -- Expanding DNA databases beyond convictees will solve more crimes / Steve Chapman -- Expanding DNA databases beyond convictees unjustly retains information of innocent persons : national association of criminal defense lawyers (NACDL) -- Using DNA databases to create physical profiles can narrow the scope of potential suspects / Lindsy A. Elkins -- Using DNA databases for targeted profiling is ineffective / Samuel Walker -- Genetic DNA databases can help assess damages in personal injury litigation / Jordan K. Garrison -- Genetic DNA databases that identify donors create high risks of abuse / Patricia A. Roche and George J. Annas -- DNA databases justify a governmental intrusion of privacy / Timothy Newell -- DNA databases allow unmonitored governmental intrusion of our private information / Gary T. Marx -- Government databases contain more information than needed to solve crimes : Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) -- The government has taken steps to secure privacy of its DNA databases : FBI, U.S. Department of Justice.
9780737735994 (hardcover) 9780737736007 (pbk.)
2007006555
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