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  1. Voluntary Participation in Forensic DNA Databases: Altruism, Resistance, and Stigma.Susana Silva & Helena Machado - 2016 - Science, Technology, and Human Values 41 (2):322-343.
    The public’s understanding of forensic DNA databases remains undertheorized and few empirical studies have been produced. This article aims to address this omission by exploring the answers to an open-ended question taken from an online questionnaire regarding the reasons for individuals’ voluntarily accepting or refusing to allow their DNA profile to be included in the Portuguese forensic DNA database. The analysis is undertaken from the perspective of biological citizenship and the simultaneous empowering and disempowering effects of surveillance. The results indicate (...)
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  • Public Perspectives on Risks and Benefits of Forensic DNA Databases: An Approach to the Influence of Professional Group, Education, and Age.Susana Silva & Helena Machado - 2015 - Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 35 (1-2):16-24.
    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 (...)
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