DNA Databanking: Selected Fourth Amendment Issues and Analysis

Barbour, Emily C.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Science policy;    DNA;    Genetic research;    Medicine;    DNA fingerprints;   

RP-ID  :  R41847
RP-ID  :  R41847_2011Jun06

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report looks at how the practice of DNA database programs, which have been looked at favorably by Congress, are in possible violation of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. It looks at how the databases' legality has currently been holding up in court, as well as how new advances and revelations in the science of forensic analysis and databanking may have potentially significant legal implications.