The genetic imaginary : DNA in the Canadian criminal justice system / Neil Gerlach.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gerlach, Neil, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2004.
Series:Digital futures.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: risk, biogovernance, and the genetic imaginary
  • Creating the conditions of possibility: scientific, social, and legal contexts
  • Framing DNA: negotiating the DNA warrant and data bank system in the public sphere
  • Corrective justice: media events and public knowledge of DNA in the criminal justice system
  • Opening and closing the black box: DNA typing as a regime of practice
  • From crime control to crime management: DNA and shifting notions of justice
  • Conclusion: toward genetic justice.