DNA Forensics

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ARTICLES:

GeneWatch Magazine Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Council for Responsible Genetics, 2011

DNA and Law Enforcement
Karen Maschke, The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book
2010

High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics
by Osagie K. Obasogie, The New York Times
July 24th, 2013

All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
by Osagie K. Obasogie and Troy Duster, The Hastings Center Report
October 12th, 2011

The Dangers of Growing DNA Databases
by Osagie K. Obasogie, Los Angeles Times
April 9th, 2010

About That Creepy Biometric Database, FBI, We'd Like to Know a Bit More
by J.D. Tuccille, Reason
June 26th, 2014

Update on Controversial Police DNA Collection in the States
by Pete Shanks,  Biopolitical Times
April 3rd, 2014

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BOOKS:

Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties
Sheldon Krimsky and Tania Simoncelli
National 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.

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