Background Forensic DNA testing is a powerful tool used to identify, convict, and exonerate
individuals charged of criminal offenses, but there are different views on its benefits and …

In many European countries, the explicit discussion of race as a biological phenomenon has
long been avoided. This has not meant that race has become obsolete or irrelevant all …

Territorial borders just like other boundaries are involved in a politics of belonging, a politics
of “us” and “them”. Border management regimes are thus part of processes of othering. In …

In the forensic genetics community, too often one can find what we have called “noble cause
casuistry”: scientists believing that,“since we are catching criminals, any ethical shortfalls in …

This open access book uses a critical sociological perspective to explore contemporary
ways of reformulating the governance of crime through genetics. Through the lens of …

A new wave of innovations in forensics seeks to support criminal investigations by making
inferences about the racial or ethnic appearance of as yet unknown suspects using genetic …

DNA profiling and databasing technologies have become integral to criminal justice
practices in many countries, and their reliability is now rarely challenged. However, a new …

In the era of technosecurity the State's concerns with migration, terrorism, and crime are
increasingly entangled. This is reflected in the development of identification systems that …

This paper discusses the nature of four waves of technological innovations in forensic
genetics alongside the social, legal and ethical aspect of these innovations. It emphasises …

Forensic genetic genealogy is an emergent forensic technology that employs databases
used by citizens to upload genetic data voluntarily to search for criminal suspects and/or …