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The Future of Forensic Bioinformation (2010)
Report
McCartney, C., Williams, R., & Wilson, T. (2010). The Future of Forensic Bioinformation. The Nuffield Foundation

A team of academics led by Dr Carole McCartney from Leeds University has identified four principles for the preparation of new legislation into the use foresnic bioinformation by the justice system. The proposals were made following an investigation... Read More about The Future of Forensic Bioinformation.

Policing and Forensic Science (2008)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. (2008). Policing and Forensic Science. In T. Newburn (Ed.), Handbook of Policing (760-793). (2nd). Willan Publishing

DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses (2008)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. (2008). DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses. In International Enyclopedia of Life Sciences. (1). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0005859

Efforts to identify criminal suspects, victims of crime, those killed in military conflicts and mass fatality casualties are increasingly supported by the availability of databanks holding deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiles obtained from known subj... Read More about DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses.

Trace Biometrics and Criminal Investigations (2007)
Book Chapter
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2007). Trace Biometrics and Criminal Investigations. In T. Newburn, T. Williamsson, & A. Wright (Eds.), Handbook of Criminal Investigation (357-380). Willan Publishing

Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. (2007)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2007). Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. Policing and Society, 17(2), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460701302669

The use of DNA profiling in support of criminal investigations by police forces across the world has expanded remarkably during the last decade. The effectiveness of the world's first national DNA database—the National DNA Database of England & Wales... Read More about Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union..

Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (Reprint of earlier version in special issue 'Symposium on DNA Fingerprinting and Civil Liberties' (2006)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2006). Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (Reprint of earlier version in special issue 'Symposium on DNA Fingerprinting and Civil Liberties'. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 32(2), 234-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00030.x

Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas (2005)
Journal Article
Banks, S., & Williams, R. (2005). Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas. The British Journal of Social Work, 35(7), 1005-1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch199

This paper is a preliminary exploration of social welfare practitioners’ accounts of ‘ethically difficult situations’. It describes variations in the ethical vocabulary and form of these accounts. Analysis of practitioners’ own accounts (as opposed t... Read More about Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas.

Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (2005)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2005). Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 33(3), 545-558. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2005.tb00517.x

In the article, “Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations,” Professor Robin Williams and Research Fellow Paul Johnson, of the University of Durham, U.K., prov... Read More about Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations.

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.

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.