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This open access book explores how biometric data is increasingly
flowing across borders in order to limit, control and contain the
mobility of selected people, namely criminalized populations. It
introduces the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture
reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to
transnational biometric data exchange regimes. The concept is
useful to reconstruct how the territorial foundations of national
state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time,
partially purposefully suspended. The book focuses on the Prum
system, which facilitates the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA
data amongst EU Member States. The Prum system is an underexplored
phenomenon, representing diverse instances of bio-bordering and
providing a complex picture of the hidden (dis)integration of
Europe. Particular legal, scientific, technical and political
dimensions related to the governance and uses of biometric
technologies in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the
United Kingdom are specifically explored to demonstrate both
similar and distinct patterns.
This open access book uses a critical sociological perspective to
explore contemporary ways of reformulating the governance of crime
through genetics. Through the lens of scientific knowledge and
genetic technology, Machado and Granja offer a unique perspective
on current trends in crime governance. They explore the place and
role of genetics in criminal justice systems, and show how
classical and contemporary social theory can help address
challenges posed by social processes and interactions generated by
the uses, meanings, and expectations attributed to genetics in the
governance of crime. Cutting-edge methods and research techniques
are also integrated to address crucial aspects of this social
reality. Finally, the authors examine new challenges emerging from
recent paradigm shifts within forensic genetics, moving away from
the construction of evidence as presented in court to the
production of intelligence guiding criminal investigations.
Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control presents a new empirical and
conceptual framework for understanding trends of genetic
surveillance in different countries in Europe and in other
jurisdictions around the world. The use of DNA or genome for
state-level surveillance for crime governance is becoming the norm
in democratic societies. In the post-DNA, contemporary modes of
criminal identification are gradually changing through the
increasing expansion of transnational sharing of DNA data, along
with the development of highly controversial genetic technologies
that pose acute challenges to privacy and generate fears of
discrimination, racism and stigmatization. Some questions that
guide this book are: How is genetic surveillance in the governance
of crime intertwined with society, ethics, culture, and politics?
What are the views and expectations of diverse stakeholders
-scientists, police agencies, and non-governmental organizations?
How can social sciences research about genetic surveillance
accommodate socio-cultural and historical differences, and be
sensitive to specificities of post-authoritarian societies in
Europe? Taking an interdisciplinary approach focused on challenges
to genetic privacy, human rights and citizenship in contemporary
societies , this book will be of interest to students and scholars
of social studies of science and technology, sociology,
criminology, law and policing, international relations and forensic
sciences.
This open access book explores how biometric data is increasingly
flowing across borders in order to limit, control and contain the
mobility of selected people, namely criminalized populations. It
introduces the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture
reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to
transnational biometric data exchange regimes. The concept is
useful to reconstruct how the territorial foundations of national
state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time,
partially purposefully suspended. The book focuses on the Prum
system, which facilitates the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA
data amongst EU Member States. The Prum system is an underexplored
phenomenon, representing diverse instances of bio-bordering and
providing a complex picture of the hidden (dis)integration of
Europe. Particular legal, scientific, technical and political
dimensions related to the governance and uses of biometric
technologies in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the
United Kingdom are specifically explored to demonstrate both
similar and distinct patterns.
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