Due process implications of law enforcement agencies using Investigative Genetic Genealogy to solve serious crimes

Title: Due process implications of law enforcement agencies using Investigative Genetic Genealogy to solve serious crimes
Creator: Rego, Rego; Anderson, John
Relation: Alternative Law Journal Vol. 46, Issue 4, p. 307-313
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X211007239
Publisher: Sage Publications
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) has opened up new frontiers in the search for the perpetrators of serious crimes. The pool of data held by consumer DNA databases has enabled law enforcement agencies to undertake database matching to find biological relatives of an unknown perpetrator. This relatively new forensic practice is not, however, without concerns when benchmarked against established norms of investigative practice and criminal procedure. The critical questions emerge: how should IGG be used and in what circumstances? In this article, we contend that the current laws in Australia are not capable of regulating IGG appropriately and legislative reform is required.
Subject: criminal justice; criminal law; criminal procedure; evidence/proof; law reform; New South Wales
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1450243
Identifier: uon:43871
Identifier: ISSN:1037-969X
Language: eng
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