on behalf of The International Association of Law and Forensic Sciencesġ. People have difficulties that spill beyond the level of simple privacy and confidentiality issues. The constant growth in the size of forensic DNA databases raises issues on the criteria of inclusion and retention and doubts on the efficiency, commensurability and infringement of privacy of such large personal data collections. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US has proposed to add more autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci to its current core set of loci. To rise to the challenges, different strategies have been proposed for increasing search capabilities, the implementation of which is on-going. As expected with the great success of the use of forensic DNA databases, new challenges are coming up.
The Union government is working on a new version of a legislation that seeks to set up a national DNA database of 'offenders'. In a populated country like India there is requirement for these types of databases. Received 21 January 2015 revised 3 February 2015 accepted 1 March 2015Ībstract DNA technology has proved to be a worthy investigative tool for releasing the innocent citizens and bringing forth the person responsible for serious crimes. Verma b,1? Pratibha Singh b,29 Raghvendra SinghĪ Post Graduate Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University UP, Lucknow, India b Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, King George's Medical University UP, Lucknow, India Journal homepage: Egyptian Journal of Forensic sciencesĬurrent scenario of forensic DNA databases in or outside India and their relative risk Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences (2015) xxx, xxx-xxxĬontents lists available at ScienceDirect
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