TY - JOUR
T1 - Bodies of Science and Law: Forensic DNA Profiling, Biological Bodies, and Biopower
AU - Toom, Victor
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - How is jurisdiction transferred from an individual's biological body to agents of power such as the police, public prosecutor and judiciary, and what happens to these biological bodies when transformed from private into public objects? These questions are examined by analyzing bodies situated at the intersection of science and law. More specifically, the transformation of 'private bodies' into 'public bodies' shall be analyzed by going into the details of forensic DNA profiling in the Dutch jurisdiction. It will be argued that various 'forensic genetic practices' enact different 'forensic genetic bodies'. These enacted forensic genetic bodies are connected with various infringements of civil rights, which become articulated in exploring these forensic genetic bodies' 'normative registers'.
AB - How is jurisdiction transferred from an individual's biological body to agents of power such as the police, public prosecutor and judiciary, and what happens to these biological bodies when transformed from private into public objects? These questions are examined by analyzing bodies situated at the intersection of science and law. More specifically, the transformation of 'private bodies' into 'public bodies' shall be analyzed by going into the details of forensic DNA profiling in the Dutch jurisdiction. It will be argued that various 'forensic genetic practices' enact different 'forensic genetic bodies'. These enacted forensic genetic bodies are connected with various infringements of civil rights, which become articulated in exploring these forensic genetic bodies' 'normative registers'.
KW - forensic genetics
KW - bodies
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2012.00575.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2012.00575.x
M3 - Article
VL - 39
SP - 150
EP - 166
JO - Journal of Law and Society
JF - Journal of Law and Society
SN - 0263-323X
IS - 1
ER -