Genetics and the Politics of Security - A Social Science Perspective

Presenting a sociological perspective on the contemporary gaze on the body of the suspect, this book considers how definitions of criminality, offenses, individual rights, and the concepts of identity and difference, have been altered by changes in the biological status of the human.

List of contents

Introduction: Identity and profiling in the 21st century
Part 1: Police rationales and attitudes toward genetic databases
Chapter 1: Genetic profiling­ as the extension of suspicion
Chapter 2: Resistance to the genetic database
Part 2: Predicting the appearance of suspects
Chapter 3: The problem of suspects' origin
Chapter 4: The acceptability of suspect appearance tests
Part 3: Genetic suspects: new frontiers
Chapter 5: DNA evidence and its new regimes of practice
Chapter 6: Tracking suspects through Europe
Conclusion

About the author

Joëlle Vailly is a French sociologist, anthropologist, and biologist. She is Director of Research at the French Scientific Research National Center (CNRS) and a member of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research into Social Issues, IRIS, France.

Summary

Presenting a sociological perspective on the contemporary gaze on the body of the suspect, this book considers how definitions of criminality, offenses, individual rights, and the concepts of identity and difference, have been altered by changes in the biological status of the human.

Product details

• Authors: Joëlle Vailly, Joelle (Iris Vailly
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032597478
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259747-8
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Forensic Science, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal law & procedure, Forensic Science, Criminal or forensic psychology, Criminal law: procedure and offences