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

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. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 9 Bibliographical details 10 Introduction 18 1 Forensic genetics and their technolegal worlds 20 Part I DNA profiling and database governance 38 2 Technolegal worlds in an armed conflict: The forensic making of victims in Colombia 40 3 Travelling promises: Forensic DNA databases in Brazil’s technolegal setting 55 4 Forensic DNA analysis and database governance in Ghana 73 5 Legislating forensic genetics in South Africa: Science, justice and the occlusion of race in postapartheid DNA databasing 89 Part II New and emerging innovations and applications 108 6 From promise to practice: Anticipatory work and the adoption of massive parallel sequencing in forensics 110 7 Deliberating forensic genetics innovations: The case of rapid DNA technologies in England and Wales 128 8 Emerging forensic genetic technologies: Contested anticipations of legitimation, caution and social situatedness 144 Part III Issues of legitimacy 162 9 Systemic (mis)trust in technolegal worlds: Three key trust relationships in forensic genetics 164 10 Why is DNA not enough?: The multiple temporalities of family reunification in Finland 182 11 Evaluating forensic DNA databases 200 12 The stakes of forensic phenotypic profiling: Can solidarity help? 218 13 Conceptions of consent, family and jurisdiction in forensic genetic genealogical searches 234 Epilogue 252 14 Technolegal policies and practices: Studying the past, present and future of forensic genetics 254 Index 262 Social,Studies,of,Forensic,Science;,Science,and,Technology,Studies;,Socio-Legal,Studies;,Sociology;,Anthropology;,Ethics;,Law;,Politics,and,International,Relations;,Surveillance,studies;,Security;,Governance,Studies;,Borders,and,Migration;,Biopower,&,Biopolitics;,Forensic,Science;,Policing;,Law,and,Society;,Genetics;,Genomics Social Studies of Forensic Science,Science and Technology Studies,Socio-Legal Studies,Sociology,Anthropology,Ethics,Law,Politics and International Relations,Surveillance studies,Security,Governance Studies,Borders and Migration,Biopower & Biopolitics,Forensic Science,Policing,Law and Society,Genetics,Genomics