Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age

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Autor(a) principal: Machado, Helena
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Silva, Susana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/41062
https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467615616297
Resumo: There is scarce knowledge about the influence of the professional group, education, and age on public perspectives on the risks and benefits of forensic DNA databases. Based on data collected through an online questionnaire applied to 628 individuals in Portugal, this research fills that gap. More than three quarters of the respondents believed that the Portuguese forensic DNA database can help fight crime more efficiently and develop a swifter and more accurate justice, whereas only approximately half thought that it could deter and prevent crime. Lack of security and control over access to data and the future unforeseen misuses of genetic information were the most relevant risks selected by the participants. Health care and life sciences professionals were more likely to agree with all the benefits, as opposed to those working in the field of law enforcement. More educated and older participants disagreed with benefits more often. Concerns with the risks increased with age.
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title Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
spellingShingle Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
Machado, Helena
Forensic DNA databases
Public perspectives
Risk benefit assessment
Science literacy
Portugal
title_short Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
title_full Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
title_fullStr Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
title_full_unstemmed Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
title_sort Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age
author Machado, Helena
author_facet Machado, Helena
Silva, Susana
author_role author
author2 Silva, Susana
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Machado, Helena
Silva, Susana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Forensic DNA databases
Public perspectives
Risk benefit assessment
Science literacy
Portugal
topic Forensic DNA databases
Public perspectives
Risk benefit assessment
Science literacy
Portugal
description There is scarce knowledge about the influence of the professional group, education, and age on public perspectives on the risks and benefits of forensic DNA databases. Based on data collected through an online questionnaire applied to 628 individuals in Portugal, this research fills that gap. More than three quarters of the respondents believed that the Portuguese forensic DNA database can help fight crime more efficiently and develop a swifter and more accurate justice, whereas only approximately half thought that it could deter and prevent crime. Lack of security and control over access to data and the future unforeseen misuses of genetic information were the most relevant risks selected by the participants. Health care and life sciences professionals were more likely to agree with all the benefits, as opposed to those working in the field of law enforcement. More educated and older participants disagreed with benefits more often. Concerns with the risks increased with age.
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