Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights

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Autor(a) principal: Machado, Helena
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Santos, Filipe, Silva, Susana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/20416
Resumo: In this paper we aim to discuss how Portuguese prisoners know and what they feel about surveillance mechanisms related to the inclusion and deletion of the DNA profiles of convicted criminals in the national forensic database. Through a set of interviews with individuals currently imprisoned we focus on the ways this group perceives forensic DNA technologies. While the institutional and political discourses maintain that the restricted use and application of DNA profiles within the national forensic database protects individuals’ rights, the prisoners claim that police misuse of such technologies potentially makes it difficult to escape from surveillance and acts as a mean of reinforcing the stigma of delinquency. The prisoners also argue that additional intensive and extensive use of surveillance devices might be more protective of their own individual rights and might possibly increase potential for exoneration.
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spelling Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rightsPrisonersStigmaDNA profileScience & TechnologyIn this paper we aim to discuss how Portuguese prisoners know and what they feel about surveillance mechanisms related to the inclusion and deletion of the DNA profiles of convicted criminals in the national forensic database. Through a set of interviews with individuals currently imprisoned we focus on the ways this group perceives forensic DNA technologies. While the institutional and political discourses maintain that the restricted use and application of DNA profiles within the national forensic database protects individuals’ rights, the prisoners claim that police misuse of such technologies potentially makes it difficult to escape from surveillance and acts as a mean of reinforcing the stigma of delinquency. The prisoners also argue that additional intensive and extensive use of surveillance devices might be more protective of their own individual rights and might possibly increase potential for exoneration.We would like to thank the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education) for financing this research through a post-doc fellowship (SFRH/BPD/34143/2006), the project "Forensic DNA databasing in Portugal: Contemporary issues in ethics, practices and policy" (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-009231) and also the project "Justice, media and citizenship" (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-007554). We are grateful for the insightful and helpful comments of Barbara Prainsack who provided valuable feedback on earlier drafts of this article and guidance throughout the research. We are also extremely grateful to Diana Miranda for her participation in the fieldwork of this study and to Manuela Ivone Cunha for her collaboration in producing the report of this research to the General Board of Prison Services (Portugal).ElsevierUniversidade do MinhoMachado, HelenaSantos, FilipeSilva, Susana20112011-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/20416eng0379-073810.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.02021414735info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:12:07Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/20416Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:04:00.595442Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
title Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
spellingShingle Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
Machado, Helena
Prisoners
Stigma
DNA profile
Science & Technology
title_short Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
title_full Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
title_fullStr Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
title_full_unstemmed Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
title_sort Prisoners' expectations of the national forensic DNA database: surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights
author Machado, Helena
author_facet Machado, Helena
Santos, Filipe
Silva, Susana
author_role author
author2 Santos, Filipe
Silva, Susana
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Machado, Helena
Santos, Filipe
Silva, Susana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Prisoners
Stigma
DNA profile
Science & Technology
topic Prisoners
Stigma
DNA profile
Science & Technology
description In this paper we aim to discuss how Portuguese prisoners know and what they feel about surveillance mechanisms related to the inclusion and deletion of the DNA profiles of convicted criminals in the national forensic database. Through a set of interviews with individuals currently imprisoned we focus on the ways this group perceives forensic DNA technologies. While the institutional and political discourses maintain that the restricted use and application of DNA profiles within the national forensic database protects individuals’ rights, the prisoners claim that police misuse of such technologies potentially makes it difficult to escape from surveillance and acts as a mean of reinforcing the stigma of delinquency. The prisoners also argue that additional intensive and extensive use of surveillance devices might be more protective of their own individual rights and might possibly increase potential for exoneration.
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