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June 10, 2009
DNA databases: leave them kids alone
In Precrime in Camden: using DNA profiles for crime prevention Anders Sandberg writes about DNA databases in Practical Ethics.
Although the European Court ruled that a policy of retaining profiles of innocent people is illegal, the British Home Office seems keen to retain them anyway, at least for serious crimes. Now it is claimed by a police officer that police in Camden deliberately target young people who have not been arrested yet in order to obtain DNA samples.
Posted by Waldemar at June 10, 2009 12:20 PM