Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control: Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367204334 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 196 str.

Helena Machado; Rafaela Granja

Opis

This book presents a new empirical and conceptual framework for understanding the intersections between genetic technologies, technological systems for surveillance, and contemporary approaches to criminality.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments  Preface  Introduction  1. Forensic genetics and genetic surveillance in Europe: a historical and sociological analysis  2. Transnational genetic surveillance in the EU: the case of the Prüm system  3. Genetic surveillance in European post-communist countries  4. The uses of familial searching in Europe: at the crossroads between expanding suspicion and historical reparation   5. Expanding genetic informativity through emerging technologies: the cases of forensic DNA phenotyping and next generation sequencing   6. Non-governmental organizations and the critique of genetic surveillance  Concluding remarks