Forensic databases: benefits and ethical and social costs

Forensic databases: benefits and ethical and social costs.

INTRODUCTION This article discusses ethical, legal and social issues raised by the collection, storage and use of DNA in forensic databases. REVIEW The largest and most inclusive forensic database in the world, the UK National DNA database (NDNAD), leads the worldwide trend towards greater inclusivity. The performance of the NDNAD, criteria for inclusion, legislative framework and plans for i...

Clinical Governance: Costs and Benefits

Increased Living Costs and Social Security Benefits

T HE inroads of inflation on the living standards of social security beneficiaries have become familiar in many countries and have induced counter-measures of various sorts. The diversity of legislative action undertaken on behalf of retired beneficiaries serves to underline the virtually unanimous approval of higher benefits when they are required. Inspection of individual programs shows some ...

Social and ethical aspects of forensic genetics: A critical review.

This review describes the social and ethical responses to the history of innovations in forensic genetics and their application to criminal investigations. Following an outline of the three recurrent social perspectives that have informed these responses (crime management, due process, and genetic surveillance), it goes on to introduce the repertoire of ethical considerations by describing a se...

Social and Ethical Responsibility against Social Determinism

Background: Because of the highlighted role of ethical responsibility in social and individual life, it is looked as an important issue in ethics area. Social responsibility that is defined as a sub-factor of ethical responsibility will have such an important place. What is discussed in responsibility discussions commonly is the “human will”. Responsibility is more based on the free will. In th...