Wienroth Matthias, Morling Niels, Williams Robin
Northumbria University Centre for Forensic Science, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Ellison Building, Room 403, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
Recent Adv DNA Gene Seq. 2014;8(2):98-103. doi: 10.2174/2352092209666150328010557.
This paper discusses the nature of four waves of technological innovations in forensic genetics alongside the social, legal and ethical aspect of these innovations. It emphasises the way in which technological advances and their socio-legal frameworks are co-produced, shaping technology expectations, social identities, and legal institutions. It also considers how imagined and actual uses of forensic genetic technologies are entangled with assertions about social order, affirmations of common values and civil rights, and promises about security and justice. Our comments seek to encourage the participation of scientific actors in the development of anticipatory governance deliberations concerning the widening application of forensic genetics in an increasing number of criminal and civil jurisdictions.
本文探讨了法医遗传学领域四次技术创新浪潮的本质，以及这些创新所涉及的社会、法律和伦理方面。它强调了技术进步及其社会法律框架共同产生的方式，塑造了技术期望、社会身份和法律制度。它还思考了法医基因技术的想象用途和实际用途如何与关于社会秩序的主张、共同价值观和公民权利的肯定以及安全与正义的承诺相互交织。我们的评论旨在鼓励科学行为体参与有关法医遗传学在越来越多刑事和民事司法管辖区中广泛应用的前瞻性治理审议的发展。
