There are three million samples held at the moment, with some of the expansion due to law changes in 2001 and 2004. Suspects arrested over any imprisonable offense can have their DNA held even if they are acquitted. The database includes 139,463 people never charged or cautioned with an offence, separate Home Office figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show. This is a very interesting article and DNA testing is becoming more and more common every day, it is now known to be very accurate because no human being has the same DNA as another.
DNA is not always going to help us identify people. The DNA database should not have DNA samples of people who never committed any crime whatsoever, because it is not justifiable. This is an infringement of liberty. If someone commited a minor crime then that person has the potential to commit an even bigger crime so this person should have his DNA samples kept in the database.
DNA held on databases helps identify criminals - but affects the privacy of people who are innocent and yet have their DNA samples in police databases. there is also an issue of reliability of the samples of databases - it is mentioned in the article that DNA samples degrade with time so it is not always possible to recognize people with time. The accuracy of the results will be affected if this is the case and so innocent people could be targeted as criminals.
The following article contains ethical issues involving integrity...if the government wants a database that has the details of everyone, not just criminals, they should be honest about it ...The issue abt DNA Database has really helped Great Britain, where 7,500 of these have been matched to 10,000 offences by using the DNA Database. But precautions must also take place, with the growing concern about racial profiling and disproportionality in criminal investigations, there are possibilities of people abusing the power of the database which can cause more problems for the countries using this system of profiling.
Technology can fight crime and actually capture criminals! Databases have been used to keep records of people's DNA. Doing this DNA can be matched and then the criminal or victim can be identified. This is a very good technique of finding out whose involved in a crime scene. The databses are growing bigger and bigger do there is a question of reliability. How can one be certain that the criminal identified is the actual criminal? Is the DNA always accurate? As mentioned at the end of the article this is not always as accurate as it should be. But it is better to use technology and data bases to fight crime. Cloud computing can be used to solve international crimes.
The collection of DNA samples from people is has multiple uses. one which is the most common in these times is simply identification. This is why governments have the right to take DNA samples from prisoners due to the fact that when they are released they still may be a threat to society therefore allowing them to apprehend ex-prisoners a lot more efficiently. This collection of DNA samples can also be used for other application one which is scientific research.
DNA databases have advantages and disadvantages. we can use DNA data bases to find criminals and solve crimes. however, looking at details about other innocent people who did not commit a crime is a violation of privacy. this is a privacy issue. also, how can you make sure that theses databaseses are secured. online criminals can hack into such important data. it is very important to keep such information secured by using a firewall or a similar protection software.
Matches using newly-lawful DNA samples have been made to 88 murders, 45 attempted murders, 116 rapes and 62 sexual offences. Also the amount of cases solved by DNA testing has quadrupled over the past five years. This tells us that DNA testing has been very helpful in identifying culprits who commit a crime. DNA testing also has its cons for example its is an infringement of people privacy and it can also be used for racial sterotyping.
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There are three million samples held at the moment, with some of the expansion due to law changes in 2001 and 2004. Suspects arrested over any imprisonable offense can have their DNA held even if they are acquitted. The database includes 139,463 people never charged or cautioned with an offence, separate Home Office figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show. This is a very interesting article and DNA testing is becoming more and more common every day, it is now known to be very accurate because no human being has the same DNA as another.
DNA is not always going to help us identify people. The DNA database should not have DNA samples of people who never committed any crime whatsoever, because it is not justifiable. This is an infringement of liberty. If someone commited a minor crime then that person has the potential to commit an even bigger crime so this person should have his DNA samples kept in the database.
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DNA held on databases helps identify criminals - but affects the privacy of people who are innocent and yet have their DNA samples in police databases. there is also an issue of reliability of the samples of databases - it is mentioned in the article that DNA samples degrade with time so it is not always possible to recognize people with time. The accuracy of the results will be affected if this is the case and so innocent people could be targeted as criminals.
The following article contains ethical issues involving integrity...if the government wants a database that has the details of everyone, not just criminals, they should be honest about it ...The issue abt DNA Database has really helped Great Britain, where 7,500 of these have been matched to 10,000 offences by using the DNA Database. But precautions must also take place, with the growing concern about racial profiling and disproportionality in criminal investigations, there are possibilities of people abusing the power of the database which can cause more problems for the countries using this system of profiling.
Technology can fight crime and actually capture criminals! Databases have been used to keep records of people's DNA. Doing this DNA can be matched and then the criminal or victim can be identified. This is a very good technique of finding out whose involved in a crime scene. The databses are growing bigger and bigger do there is a question of reliability. How can one be certain that the criminal identified is the actual criminal? Is the DNA always accurate? As mentioned at the end of the article this is not always as accurate as it should be. But it is better to use technology and data bases to fight crime. Cloud computing can be used to solve international crimes.
The collection of DNA samples from people is has multiple uses. one which is the most common in these times is simply identification. This is why governments have the right to take DNA samples from prisoners due to the fact that when they are released they still may be a threat to society therefore allowing them to apprehend ex-prisoners a lot more efficiently. This collection of DNA samples can also be used for other application one which is scientific research.
DNA databases have advantages and disadvantages. we can use DNA data bases to find criminals and solve crimes. however, looking at details about other innocent people who did not commit a crime is a violation of privacy. this is a privacy issue. also, how can you make sure that theses databaseses are secured. online criminals can hack into such important data. it is very important to keep such information secured by using a firewall or a similar protection software.
Matches using newly-lawful DNA samples have been made to 88 murders, 45 attempted murders, 116 rapes and 62 sexual offences. Also the amount of cases solved by DNA testing has quadrupled over the past five years. This tells us that DNA testing has been very helpful in identifying culprits who commit a crime. DNA testing also has its cons for example its is an infringement of people privacy and it can also be used for racial sterotyping.
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