'Wonderment and dread': Representations of DNA in ethical disputes about forensic DNA databases

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-223

  Williams, Robin ^a   Johnson, Paul ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOMETRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA BASE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS; GENOME; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CRIMINOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 3943085542     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463677042000237035     Document Type: Review

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