Governing expectations of forensic innovations in society: the case of FDP in Germany

IF 1.3 4区 医学 Q4 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY New Genetics and Society Pub Date : 2021-01-20 DOI:10.1080/14636778.2020.1868987
Nina Amelung, H. Machado
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This article is about the governance of expectations of forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP) innovations in Germany used for the prediction of human externally visible traits such as eye, hair, and skin color, as well as biological age and biogeographic ancestry. In 2019, FDP technologies were regulated under the label “extended DNA analysis”. We focus on the expectations of members of the forensic genetics’ community in Germany, in anticipation and response to those of regulators who advocated for such technologies. Confronted with regulators’ expectations of omnipotent technologies and the optimistic promise that they will enhance public security, forensic geneticists responded with attempts to adjust such expectations, specifying limits and risks, along with a particular logic sorting matters of concern. We reflect on how forensic geneticists’ govern expectations through forms of distributed anticipatory governance, delimiting their obligations, and distributing accountability across the criminal justice system.
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管理社会对法医创新的期望:以德国自由民主党为例
这篇文章是关于德国法医DNA表型(FDP)创新的管理期望,用于预测人类外部可见特征,如眼睛、头发和皮肤颜色,以及生物年龄和生物地理血统。2019年,FDP技术在“扩展DNA分析”标签下受到监管。我们关注的是德国法医遗传学社区成员的期望,以及对那些倡导此类技术的监管机构的期望和回应。面对监管机构对全能技术的期望,以及它们将增强公共安全的乐观承诺,法医遗传学家试图调整这种期望,明确限制和风险,同时用一种特殊的逻辑对关注的问题进行分类。我们反思法医遗传学家如何通过分布式预期治理的形式来管理期望,界定他们的义务,并在整个刑事司法系统中分配责任。
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New Genetics and Society
New Genetics and Society 生物-生物工程与应用微生物
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4.30
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>12 weeks
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