Genetic Profiling: Ethical Constraints upon Criminal Investigation Procedures

Politics and Ethics Review 3 (2):236-252 (2007)
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This essay begins with a current case involving racial profiling and DNA testing. The two combine to raise some troubling issues involving the use of each in police investigation. It is argued that racial profiling is unethical and ought to be avoided and that DNA testing on general populations of innocent people is fraught with dangers

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10.3366/per.2007.3.2.236

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reprint Boylan, Michael (2007) "Genetic Profiling: Ethical Constraints upon Criminal Investigation Procedures". Journal of International Political Theory 3():236-252

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