ANTHROPOLOGY
Question about Anthropology
Answer following question:
Is it ethical to have a national DNA database?
The DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 requires that, beginning January 1, 2009, any adult arrested for a federal crime provide a DNA sample. The law also mandates DNA collection from persons detained under the authority of the United States who are not U.S. citizens or are not lawfully in the country. This national DNA database has proved to be a valuable tool in the fight against crime. However, many people are concerned about how it has evolved from a database containing genetic information on convicted criminals to one that has information from a much wider group of people.
In the lecture, I focused on how DNA research is helpful to scientists in general and physical anthropologists in particular. It also informs the work of many other occupations, including medical professionals and law enforcement agencies. With great power comes great responsibility, and we are beginning to see the use of DNA for purposes that are borderline exploitative. What do you think? Do the benefits outweigh the costs? In your response, please take a side in this debate, and then provide support for your position. I encourage you to think like an anthropologist!
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In my opinion, it is ethical to have a national DNA database. The use of DNA as evidence of criminal prosecution is common practice in the world. Researchers in many sciences use it, and it serves primarily to confirm one’s presence of identified suspects at crime scenes. Then the DNA fingerprints of convicted felons are currently saved in state and federal databases following the DNA fingerprint act of 2005. This has raised the concern that it has evolved from a database containing genetic information from a much wider group of people (Jeuniaux, et al., 2015). DNA is being used for purposes that are borderline exploitative, and benefits outweigh the costs.
The criminal justice system derives many benefits from the use of DNA fingerprints. It provides a more positive form of identification…
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