Suspect Families: DNA Kinship Testing in German Immigration Policy

Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 810-826

  Heinemann, Torsten ^a   Lemke, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA profiling; family reunification; geneticisation; Germany; immigration; parental testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881264273     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038512454352     Document Type: Article

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