Genetic Policing: The Uses of DNA in Police

This book is about the increasing significance of DNA profiling for crime investigation in modern society. It focuses on developments in the UK as the world-leader in the development and application of forensic DNA technology and in the construction of DNA databases as an essential element in the successful use of DNA for forensic purposes.The book uses data collected during the course of Wellcome Trust funded research into police uses of the UK National DNA Database (NDNAD) to describe the relationship between scientific knowledge and police investigations. It is illustrated throughout by reference to some of the major UK criminal cases in which DNA evidence has been presented and contested.The authors explore:the scientific developments which have enabled DNA profiling to be applied to criminal investigation, the ways in which the state has directed this and how genetic technology has risen to such preeminence;how DNA evidence moved from its use in individual prosecutions to a major role in intelligence led policing, and saw the development of the UK National DNA Database;how legislative support for the NDNAD was mobilized, enabling the police to obtain and use genetic information on individuals;the ways in which the DNA Expansion Programme, built on the supposed potential for the NDNAD to contribute to criminal detection, has been incorporated into a broader crime reduction strategy; andthe implications for policing, governance and security of the continued expansion of the range and scope of the NDNAD.

Robin Williams is Professor of Sociology at the University of Durham where he has carried our extensive research into the nature, use and impact of forensic DNA tehcnologies Paul Johnson is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey and his research interests focus on the relationship between identity and social control which he has explored in a number of different contexts

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introducing forensic DNA profiling and databasing	p. 1
Approaching the NDNAD	p. 6
The politics of 'crime management'	p. 8
DNA profiling and due process	p. 11
DNA evidence	p. 17
The research	p. 18
The technology of social order	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
Individuation, identification and social order	p. 20
The criminal body	p. 25
The new biometrics	p. 29
Under the skin	p. 32
Conclusion	p. 34
From 'genetic fingerprint' to 'genetic profile'	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
Scientific innovation and its investigative application	p. 38
First police use of DNA - the 'Pitchfork' case	p. 41
UK government investment in research and development	p. 45
DNA and UK forensic science	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 57
Criminalistics and forensic genetics	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Crime scene examination, physical evidence and forensic intelligence	p. 60
Sources and amounts of biological material	p. 62
Scientific innovations	p. 67
Conclusion	p. 75
Populating the NDNAD - inclusion and contestation	p. 77
Introduction	p. 77
Technological innovation and legal context	p. 78
Finding a subject: making the NDNAD in law	p. 82
The end of innocence: extending NDNAD inclusion	p. 87
Contesting the law: privacy, discrimination and the Human Rights Act	p. 92
Conclusion: the reconfigured criminal body	p. 97
Using DNA effectively	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
Police, forensic science and the new public management	p. 101
The rise of intelligence-led policing	p. 105
Using physical evidence - research and evidence	p. 109
Establishing effective uses of the NDNAD	p. 111
The expansion programme	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 124
Governing the NDNAD	p. 127
Introduction	p. 127
Governing the NDNAD: the 'Memorandum of Understanding'	p. 128
Contemporary 'principles' of governance	p. 130
Juridico-scientific accountability	p. 131
Administrative accountability	p. 134
Civic accountability	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 141
Current developments and emerging trends	p. 143
Introduction	p. 143
Database futures: changing the inclusion regime	p. 144
Data-sharing and exchange	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 163
Conclusion	p. 164
References	p. 171
Index	p. 187
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