do you think this is a good idea and how could you prevent criminals from using someone else's DNA (eg hair from hair brushes,plasters etc taken from waste bins) to frame them.
and would it work?
2007-09-05 05:15:34 · 18 answers · asked by Just for Laughs 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
This is never going to happen.
Many people now refuse to have jabs, and the same people will simply refuse to have the swab or whatever. They can't be foreced to do it. In this country, thankfully, we have some basic rights.
2007-09-05 05:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew L 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a bad idea and no it would not work.
It is easy to say that if you have nothing to fear then you won't mind. I have nothing to fear and the most extensive law-breaking that I've ever been engaged in is speeding. Having avoided coming to the attention of the police, why should I now give up a sample without having committed an offence that warranted it? And what of the presumption of innocence. Or, in the event that the judge gets his wish, are we only innocent until excluded from futher investigation?
What the judge in question said was that there needed to be a sample from everyone to redress the imbalance of who is on the database now; an incredibly circuitious piece of logic. There_are_people on the database who should not be there, children in particular and people who have been arrested but for whom, the case was not progressed or those who were later found innocent. And that is flaw number one, the police can take a sample for any arrestable offence; it does not matter that you are innocent, a sample is collected and it's staying on the database.
That is only on the of heavy handed approaches of the police. Currently, the Metropolitan Police are running Operation Minstead which is a DNA trawl for a rapist - you can read the full facts of the case below. I have (voluntarily following their request) given a sample, but in some cases (as you will see from the article) those that refused have been arrested. Not exactly ethical.
I have real concerns about the proposed extension of the database too; 'secure' national defence systems have been hacked so do we really think a police database can repel the sustained attacks of hackers? That is not to mention physical security for the samples.
My main question though, is what of good old fashioned policing? Is nothing to be done about deterrence and visible policing to reassure the public? Or is the best that we can expect, that we are surveillanced to death by CCTV and GATSOs and can only expect a swifty police response after the fact and if they have a DNA sample?
2007-09-06 14:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by politicsguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At first you would think it a good idea to have a DNA database but what if you were set up? Someone could simply place a hair at the scene of the crime and you'd be doing time for the murder of someone you've never met. Too much risk for my liking
2007-09-09 12:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by smallville 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't like it. It does sound a bit big-brotherish. I know that in theory, the Innocent should have not have anything to fear, but having run foul of existing bureaucracy and admin errors before now, I am very worried at the potential for 'Brazil' type errors and mistakes. And once the database is compiled, it is open for abuse by future, less scrupulous administrations.
2007-09-05 12:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Excellent point. I think that all those who come up with ideas like this should be given a standardised psychologiacl test to make sure they do not have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (NOT to be confused with OCD) so that we know that the ideas are not based on the flawed thinking of a control freak.
2007-09-05 12:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by D B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not, never! It would not prevent crime all it would do would make criminals more aware, it would not stop rape etc and would cost the country billions.
We have cctv in every town centre, yet every town centre at night is full of crime..
It ia also an infringement on civil liberties and would be virtually impossible to manage, what about all the illegals?
2007-09-05 12:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by McCanns are guilty 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Take a swab from the mouth of everyone cant fake that dont think it would work with hair as some people dont have any and like you say you can always use someone elses
2007-09-05 12:22:01 · answer #7 · answered by emma 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Complicated beyond belief (at least right now) and it would cost a fortune. And of course it would help prevent as much crime as a whale can capsize a Japanese whaler. The mental image of a surveillance society a la 1984 grows ever stronger.
Oh, and who pays for the fun (not to mention fat government salaries)? Yes. Tax payers.
2007-09-05 12:22:14 · answer #8 · answered by Freddon 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's a good idea or that it would work. But if it were to happen, how long till they went the whole hog and micro chipped us all. Just like we do our pets.
2007-09-05 12:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by qbfh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am all up for this and have been saying DNA should be taken at birth and a number is given and once the birth is registered it all links up.
If I knew where to go and give my DNA I would be there now, the only people who will moan about it is the criminals and kids.
2007-09-05 12:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by jizzi 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋