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Problematizing consent: searching genetic genealogy databases for law enforcement purposes

2020-11-18

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Genetic genealogy databases have become particularly attractive to law enforcement agencies, especially in the United States (US), which have started to employ genealogists to search them with unknown origin DNA from unidentified human remains (suicides, missing persons) or from a serious crime scene, to help identify the victim, or a potential suspected perpetrator, respectively. While this investigative genetic...

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DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2020.1843149

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