Of Weighty Reasons and Indiscriminate Blankets: The Retention of DNA for Forensic Purposes

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-260

  Mccartney, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic DNA; Human rights; National DNA Database

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861774976     PISSN: 02655527     EISSN: 14682311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2012.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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