Further information
You may be interested in the following reports which provide further information on the NDNAD.
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Home Office Reports
Official Ethics reports
- The Forensic Science Service: Factsheet Feb 2006
- Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 2006. The national DNA database - Postnote 258.
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics. The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues. 2007 Report.
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics - the forensic use of bioinformation. Audio recordings and power point presentations from the launch seminar.
- Liberty's response to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Consultation: "Forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues" (2007)
Journal articles
- Mairi Levitt. Forensic databases: benefits and ethical and social costs. British Medical Bulletin 2007 83(1):235-248.
- Wallace H. The UK National DNA Database: Balancing crime detection, human rights and privacy. EMBO reports 7, S1, S26-S30 (2006).
- Genomics, Society and Policy Vol.2, No.1 2006. Special issue on genomics and criminal justice.
Parliamentary reports
GeneWatch UK
- DNA: proposed expansions of powers. A briefing note for Members of Parliament and of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly. March 2007.
- GeneWatch UK (2007) Briefing: How many innocent children are being added to the National DNA Database?
- GeneWatch UK (2006) The DNA Expansion Programme: reporting real achievement?
- GeneWatch UK (2005) Balancing crime detection, human rights and privacy
Newspaper and Media Articles
- HGC Citizens' Inquiry into forensic use of DNA gets underway. 9 January 2008.
- Prum's Treaty is now included into the EU legal framework. EDRI-gram. No. 5.12. June 2007.
- Police DNA database 'is spiraling out of control' Antony Barnett, investigations editor. Sunday July 16, 2006. The Observer.
- Report on retention of innocent children's DNA broken down by police constabulary. February 2006.
- The Llandarcy murders: FSS 'key' unlocks triple murder investigation (Press Release 2002)
Useful Websites
- Home Office
- The Forensic Science Service®
- National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- GeneWatch UK
- Privacy International
- Human Genetics Commission
- Centre for Genetics and Society
- Genomics, Society and Policy online journal.
- Hansard, the Official Report of Parliamentary Proceedings.
- Children off the National DNA Database. Grant Shapps, MP.
