Honesty Vs. Justice and Due Essay

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" (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2004)

III. CONCENSUS and DISAGREEMENT CONCERNING DNA USE & ANALYSIS

Ten participants stated agreement with this statement, eight of these ten strongly disagreed and three respondents did not have a strong opinion and one individual is stated to have agreed with this statement. The stated consensus among the participants in this study is stated to include the following statements:

DNA databank collections implicate privacy interests, specifically one's interest in "spatial or positional anonymity" -- the right to be free from government tracking or surveillance;

Research concerning the administrative processes currently in place to collect, analyze and store DNA samples and data is necessary to better understand the risks of misuse of information and to prevent misuse;

Limiting the use of forensic DNA databanks to criminal justice purposes is necessary to preserve public trust. (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2004)

This study reports that the majority of the participants agreed with "current statutory criteria for inclusion in DNA databases and that arrestees should not be included in the DNA databanks." (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2004) There was stated to be some, although limited, support for establishment of a databank of DNA from all individuals including newborns and adults.

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" (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2004) There was reported to be no consensus reached on the issue of whether "truly informed consent is needed when collecting voluntary exclusion DNA samples." (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2004) a problem noted in this study is the "inadequacy of current measures to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of DNA databases was recognized by all groups." (American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2004) While the importance of DNA use in crime scene investigation was acknowledged by all participants that there are privacy expectations stated in relation to abandoned crime scene DNA in that some information obtained through DNA analysis is not relevant to nor should it be utilized or revealed during the course of investigation procedures.

SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

The Criminal Justice System and its use of DNA analysis in crime investigation is an issue that is contentious at best and one that is the subject of much debate due to the issues of privacy that are directly related to DNA collection and analysis. This is an aspect of the Criminal Justice system processes and methods that has yet to reach maturation and that will likely be the subject of much debate in the.....

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