The Big Brother Debate
No not that one - the debate over the National DNA database that has been grown by stealth....
BBC NEWS | UK | Call for inquiry into DNA samples
The government should look into why black people are over-represented on the UK's DNA database, says a black police officers' group.
World's biggest DNA database gets larger - silicon.com
Just over five per cent of the UK population is on the database, compared with one per cent in Austria - the second biggest user of the technology - and half a per cent in the US.
DNA pixie dust fails to solve all UK crime, shock horror | The Register
The Home Office has boasted of a quadrupling of detection of crime via DNA technology over the last five years, during which period the UK's National DNA Database has trebled in size, and now exceeds 3 million records. An enthusiastic report from the Home Office's Forensic Science & Pathology Unit (DNA Expansion Programme 2000-2005: Reporting achievement) lists impressive improvements in detection rates, thanks to DNA, which is "a powerful aid to crime investigation."
Under, erm, certain circumstances. The report happily shares the glad tidings of how much better clear up rates are with the addition of DNA (e.g. domestic burglary up from 16 per cent to 41 per cent, and theft from vehicle clear-ups boosted from 8 per cent to 63 per cent), but is rather less forthcoming on the extent to which these welcome improvements can be achieved on real burglaries......