Paper Summary:

The paper focuses on the criminal justice system's collection of DNA from all individuals who are convicted of a felony. The paper discusses the privacy issues involved and presents the results of a survey on DNA use and analysis. The paper shows how it is a contentious issue that will likely be the subject of much debate in the future.

Outline:
Introduction
DNA Collection and Crime Control
Privacy Issues
Consensus and Disagreement Concerning DNA Use and Analysis
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In today's world, individual privacy and due process and other ethical dimensions of the criminal justice system receive less consideration and are assigned less importance than crime control and even to the extent that the privacy of citizens takes a back seat to processes of combating crime. However, there are ethical considerations that must be examined because the pendulum that swings far to the right necessarily will soon swing again back toward the left."

Sample of Sources Used:

• DNA Fingerprinting and Civil Liberties (2004) American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Online available at: http://www.aslme.org/dna_04/work1/print/report.pdf

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