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Legislative and Ethical Questions regarding DNA and Other Forensic "Biometric" Databases

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Forensic Science is gaining more importance in criminal justice, since the development of new sensitive and accurate scientific tools, and the construction of large computerized databases. Although very effective, these databases pose a lot of legislative and ethical concerns. In case of DNA concerns are deeper since it contains sensitive genetic information regarding its owner, not necessarily needed for his identification. This paper focuses on issues related to the collection, utilization and retention of DNA samples and profiles of legally innocent populations, illustrated by a case study where a voluntarily given DNA sample for a murder investigation successfully solved three non related rape cases.

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  1. Former Director of the Division of Identification and Forensic Science (DIFS), The Israel Police,  

    Elazar (Azi) Zadok

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  1. Biometrics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Ajay Kumar

  2. Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    David Zhang

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Zadok, E.(. (2010). Legislative and Ethical Questions regarding DNA and Other Forensic "Biometric" Databases. In: Kumar, A., Zhang, D. (eds) Ethics and Policy of Biometrics. ICEB 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12595-9_5

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