Family Ties: The Use of DNA Offender Databases to Catch Offenders' Kin

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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 34 (2):248-262 (2006)
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The authors examine the scientific possibility and the legal and ethical implications of using DNA forensic technology, through partial matches to DNA from crime scenes, to turn into suspects the relatives of people whose DNA profiles are in forensic databases

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10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00031.x

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