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

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gerlach, Neil, 1963-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Evidence, Criminal.
DNA fingerprinting.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
LAW > Science & Technology.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
Justice penale > Administration > Canada.
Preuve (Droit penal) > Canada.
Empreintes genetiques > Canada.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Canada.
Evidence, Criminal > Canada.
DNA fingerprinting > Canada.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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