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Project

Understanding the operational, strategic, and political implications of the National Genetic Database

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

12E02314

Duration

01 December 2013 → 30 November 2018

Funding

Federal funding: various

Promotor

Tom Vander Beken

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Criminography and methods of criminological investigation
- Criminology not elsewhere classified

Keywords

forensic DNA data source quantitative research unknown offenders

Project description

To date, very little criminological research has been carried out using DNA databases, and their validity as a data source has largely been unexplored. The present study reviews the specific weakness and strength of DNA databases as a source of criminological research, respectively the selectivity of the source compared to police data and the ability to study unknown offenders.

English

Dutch

English

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