Forensic genetics, ethics, privacy, and public policy
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Silent Witness: Forensic DNA Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Humanitarian Disasters
Editor
Henry Erlich, Eric Stover and Thomas J. White
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780190909444.003.0016
First Page
329
Last Page
362
Abstract
Chapter 15 covers various ethical issues associated with the use of DNA methods for forensic analyses and human rights investigations. Topics include informed consent and storage issues for samples and profiles; data security and privacy; identification of individuals using aggregate data from forensic, genealogical, research, or clinical databases; the burden of the obligation to report incidental findings that are medically actionable; cultural perspectives on genetic information; government misuse of potentially sensitive DNA data; public policy regarding the validity of pattern/experience evidence; and other non-DNA forensic science disciplines.
Keywords
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing, DNA profile, Forensic DNA, Forensic genetics, Genetic genealogy, Genetic privacy
Department
Justice Studies
Recommended Citation
Thomas J. White and Steven B. Lee. "Forensic genetics, ethics, privacy, and public policy" Silent Witness: Forensic DNA Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Humanitarian Disasters (2020): 329-362. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190909444.003.0016
