Circuits of Surveillance (2004)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2004). Circuits of Surveillance

DNA and Crime Investigation: Scotland and the “UK National DNA Database' (2004)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2004). DNA and Crime Investigation: Scotland and the “UK National DNA Database'

Old dilemmas, new contexts: ethical challenges for social welfare practitioners (2004)
Book Chapter
Banks, S., & Williams, R. (2004). Old dilemmas, new contexts: ethical challenges for social welfare practitioners. In J. Radcliffe et.al (Ed.), Dilemmas for Human Services 2003: A post NPM World? Ethics and Risk in a Changing Environment (119-123). University of Staffordshire

Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases (2004)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2004). Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases. New Genetics and Society, 23(2), 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463677042000237035

The national DNA Database of England & Wales is the largest forensic DNA database in the world. Since 1995 it has quickly developed to hold the genetic profiles of over two million people. This collection of tissue samples, taken without consent from... Read More about Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases.

Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database (2004)
Report
Williams, R., Johnson., P., & Martin, P. (2004). Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database. Wellcome Trust

The recent incorporation of forensic DNA identification technology into the criminal justice systems of a growing number of countries has been fast and far reaching. In developing and using DNA profiling for forensic purposes many criminal jurisdicti... Read More about Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database.

The Management of Crime Scene Examination in Relation to the Investigation of Burglary and Vehicle Crime (2004)
Report
Williams, R. (2004). The Management of Crime Scene Examination in Relation to the Investigation of Burglary and Vehicle Crime. Home Office

Genetics and forensics: a sociological history of the National DNA Database (2003)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., Martin, P., & Williams, R. (2003). Genetics and forensics: a sociological history of the National DNA Database

Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations (2003)
Journal Article
Williams, R. (2003). Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 515-529. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.515

A central feature of the development of sociological knowledge is the formulation and use of "descriptive frames of reference" within which theoretical and empirical work may be critically assessed. This article considers the way in which one such fr... Read More about Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations.

Making Identity Matter (2000)
Book
Williams, R. (2000). Making Identity Matter. sociologypress