Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control : : Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives / / Helena Machado and Rafaela Granja.

Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control presents a new empirical and conceptual framework for understanding trends of genetic surveillance in different countries in Europe and in other jurisdictions around the world. The use of DNA or genome for state-level surveillance for crime governance is becomi...

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Place / Publishing House:London, United Kingdom : : Taylor & Francis,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 196 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Forensic genetics and genetic surveillance in Europe: a historical and sociological analysis
  • Transnational genetic surveillance in the EU: the case of the Prüm system
  • Genetic surveillance in post-communist European countries
  • The uses of familial searching in Europe: at the crossroads between expanding suspicion and historical reparation
  • Expanding genetic informativity through emerging technologies: the cases of forensic DNA phenotyping and next generation sequencing
  • Non-governmental organizations and the critique of genetic surveillance.