Law, Practice and Politics of Forensic DNA Profiling: Forensic Genetics and their Technolegal Worlds

By: Victor Toom and Matthias Wienroth and Amade M’charek

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Synopsis: This collection reviews developments in DNA profiling across jurisdictions with a focus on scientific and technological developments as well as their political, ethical, and socio-legal aspects. Written by leading scholars in the fields of social studies of forensic science, science and technology studies and socio-legal studies, the book provides state-of-the-art analyses of forensic DNA practices in a diverse range of jurisdictions, new and emerging forensic genetics technologies and issues of legitimacy. The work articulates the various forms of technolegal politics involved in the everyday, standardised and emerging practices of forensic genetics and engages with the most recent scholarly and policy literature. In analyses of empirical cases, and by taking into account the most recent technolegal developments, the book explores what it means to live in a world that is increasingly governed through anticipatory crime control and its related risk management and bio-surveillance mechanisms, which intervene with and produce political and legal subjectivities through human bodies in their DNA. This volume is an invaluable resource for those working in the areas of social studies of forensic science, science and technology studies, socio-legal studies, sociology, anthropology, ethics, law, politics and international relations.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 256 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000818574
Related ISBNs:: 9780367338497, 9781032385280, 9780429322358
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/30/22
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Victor Toom, Matthias Wienroth and Amade M’charek
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Victor Toom
Edited by:: Matthias Wienroth
Edited by:: Amade M’charek