TEAM PAPER
Introduction Writer - Jodi-Anne West
Final Editor 1 – Will Campos
Final Editor 2 – Jennifer Mack
Closing Writer – Bethany Macinnes
I. Introduction
DNA databases have helped to reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to find a suspect. It provides a secure place where law enforcement can receive information about a clear majority of of faulty eyewitness testimony. In addition, Maryland v King in 2013 stated that it was within the rights of an officer to collect DNA of any arrested individual without it infringing on their basic human rights to privacy. Having a DNA database that allows profiles to be made of criminals is essential in keeping up with the “war on crime”; with the growing population and the easy access to other national borders, it goes without saying that a DNA database will help catch criminals who hop those borders to flee. While utilizing DNA and DNA databases, we can hold criminals responsible for their actions and help reduce tension between law enforcement officials and the crime scenes and criminals linked to those crime scenes to effectively do their jobs and keeping criminals off the streets. DNA databases are so effective that Stanford University claims “profiled offenders continue to commit new offenses, but are caught much more often than those not in the database: They are 23.4% more likely to be convicted of another crime within three years than their unprofiled counterparts”.
Our team believes that DNA databases do not
Introduction Writer - Jodi-Anne West
Final Editor 1 – Will Campos
Final Editor 2 – Jennifer Mack
Closing Writer – Bethany Macinnes
I. Introduction
DNA databases have helped to reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to find a suspect. It provides a secure place where law enforcement can receive information about a clear majority of of faulty eyewitness testimony. In addition, Maryland v King in 2013 stated that it was within the rights of an officer to collect DNA of any arrested individual without it infringing on their basic human rights to privacy. Having a DNA database that allows profiles to be made of criminals is essential in keeping up with the “war on crime”; with the growing population and the easy access to other national borders, it goes without saying that a DNA database will help catch criminals who hop those borders to flee. While utilizing DNA and DNA databases, we can hold criminals responsible for their actions and help reduce tension between law enforcement officials and the crime scenes and criminals linked to those crime scenes to effectively do their jobs and keeping criminals off the streets. DNA databases are so effective that Stanford University claims “profiled offenders continue to commit new offenses, but are caught much more often than those not in the database: They are 23.4% more likely to be convicted of another crime within three years than their unprofiled counterparts”.
Our team believes that DNA databases do not