Forensic databases: Benefits and ethical and social costs

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 235-248

  Levitt, Mairi ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA profiling; Ethical issues; Forensic databases

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CRIMINOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 35348937200     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldm026     Document Type: Review

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