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The Genetic Imaginary : DNA in the Canadian Criminal Justice System /

"DNA testing and banking have become institutionalized in the Canadian criminal justice system. Their widespread use has been accepted with little critique or debate in a broad public forum on the potential infringement of individual rights and civil liberties. Neil Gerlach's The Genetic I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gerlach, Neil, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: risk, biogovernance, and the genetic imaginary
  • Creating the conditions of possibility: scientific, social, and legal contexts
  • Framing DNA: negotiating the DNA warrant and data bank system in the public sphere
  • Corrective justice: media events and public knowledge of DNA in the criminal justice system
  • Opening and closing the black box: DNA typing as a regime of practice
  • From crime control to crime management: DNA and shifting notions of justice
  • Conclusion: toward genetic justice.