DDRIG: Science, Technology, Law and the Expansion of Bio/Surveillance

该项目将记录执法部门使用DNA来研究DNA监视的复杂情况。该项目将确定参与者、文化逻辑、影响和DNA监测的机制。 该项目的研究结果将为有兴趣解决在法律中增加使用科学技术问题的决策者提供见解和建议。此外，律师、刑事司法倡导者、执法人员、科学家和公民都是这项研究的潜在受众。该项目采用混合方法设计，包括民族志观察，档案数据分析，深入访谈和DNA数据库的统计分析。在DNA法医相关的网络研讨会，会议和培训中进行档案研究和人种学观察将有助于了解DNA法医学的整体扩展使用，包括所涉及的关键参与者，逻辑和机制。档案和人种学数据将通过与主要利益相关者就投资、动机、理由、紧张局势和围绕DNA扩大使用的矛盾进行访谈来补充。该项目还将包括对公开的DNA数据库信息进行定量分析，以了解执法部门扩大DNA使用的影响以及后果如何分布。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This project will document the use of DNA by law enforcement to study the complex landscape of DNA surveillance. The project will identify the actors, cultural logics, impacts, and mechanisms involved in DNA surveillance. Findings from this project will provide insights and recommendations for policy makers interested in addressing the increased use of science and technology in the law. In addition, lawyers, criminal justice advocates, law enforcement, scientists, and citizens are all potential audiences for this research. This project uses a mixed method design, including ethnographic observations, archival data analysis, in-depth interviews, and statistical analysis of DNA databases. Archival research and ethnographic observations at DNA forensic related webinars, conferences and trainings will help understand the overall expanded use of DNA forensics, including the key players, logics, and mechanisms involved. Archival and ethnographic data will be supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders on investments, motivations, justifications, tensions, and contradictions surrounding the expanded use of DNA. The project will also include a quantitative analysis of publicly available DNA database information to understand the impact of law enforcement’s expanded DNA use and how the consequences are distributed.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.