Risking ethical insolvency: A survey of trends in criminal DNA databanking

Authors
Kimmelman, J
Citation
J. Kimmelman, Risking ethical insolvency: A survey of trends in criminal DNA databanking, J LAW MED E, 28(3), 2000, pp. 209
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science","Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF LAW MEDICINE & ETHICS
ISSN journal
10731105 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
1073-1105(200023)28:3<209:REIASO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The author reviews the various US statutes and compares them with databanki ng policies Lr England and Canada. He also identifies several areas where c riminal offender DNA databanking statutes may inadequately Protect persons' rights to privacy, bodily integrity and presumptive innocence, Corrective recommendations are made.