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DNA database has only a modest impact on crime clear-up
Nigel HawkesThe DNA database is involved in solving only 0.67 per cent of crimes, the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee were told yesterday.read more
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Sheila Bird The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has opened up a little bit on the successful use of "innocent" DNA profiles to achieve subsequent convictions for serious crimes.read more
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Home Office muddle over DNA profiles
Nigel HawkesJust how far will the Home Office go to justify the retention of DNA profiles from people arrested but not found guilty of any crime?read more
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Sheila Bird The inquiry into the National DNA Database by the Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, which was published on Monday, comes after much of the ‘inquiring’ - including byread more
View ArticleStill no evidence to justify DNA retention
Nigel Hawkes The argument over the retention of “innocent” DNA profiles has descended to a new low as the election approaches.read more
View ArticleDNA profiles: another police scare story
Nigel Hawkes and Sheila Bird On Monday, senior policemen giving evidence to the House of Commons Committee examining the Protection of Freedoms Bill said that 1,000 crimes a year would go undeteread more
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Home Office keeps the lid on DNA-retention analysis
Nigel Hawkes The Home Office is refusing to publish a report it commissioned on the retention policy of the DNA database.read more
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How the Home Office withheld information from Parliament
Nigel Hawkes February 2011 analysis.pdfJuly 2010 analysis.pdfSeptember 2011 analysis.pdfread more
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DNA database has only a modest impact on crime clear-up
Nigel HawkesThe DNA database is involved in solving only 0.67 per cent of crimes, the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee were told yesterday.read more
View ArticleRetention of "innocent" DNA: some figures, but too few
Sheila Bird The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has opened up a little bit on the successful use of "innocent" DNA profiles to achieve subsequent convictions for serious crimes.read more
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Home Office muddle over DNA profiles
Nigel HawkesJust how far will the Home Office go to justify the retention of DNA profiles from people arrested but not found guilty of any crime?read more
View ArticleHome Affairs Committee on the case of the National DNA Database
Sheila Bird The inquiry into the National DNA Database by the Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, which was published on Monday, comes after much of the ‘inquiring’ - including byread more
View ArticleStill no evidence to justify DNA retention
Nigel Hawkes The argument over the retention of “innocent” DNA profiles has descended to a new low as the election approaches.read more
View ArticleDNA profiles: another police scare story
Nigel Hawkes and Sheila Bird On Monday, senior policemen giving evidence to the House of Commons Committee examining the Protection of Freedoms Bill said that 1,000 crimes a year would go undeteread more
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Home Office keeps the lid on DNA-retention analysis
Nigel Hawkes The Home Office is refusing to publish a report it commissioned on the retention policy of the DNA database.read more
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the Home Office withheld information from Parliament
Nigel Hawkes February 2011 analysis.pdfJuly 2010 analysis.pdfSeptember 2011 analysis.pdfread more
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