Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control

Helena Machado is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minho, Portugal. Rafaela Granja is a researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), University of Minho, Portugal.

• Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Forensic genetics and genetic surveillance in Europe: a historical and sociological analysis 2. Transnational genetic surveillance in the EU: the case of the Prüm system 3. Genetic surveillance in European post-communist countries 4. The uses of familial searching in Europe: at the crossroads between expanding suspicion and historical reparation 5. Expanding genetic informativity through emerging technologies: the cases of forensic DNA phenotyping and next generation sequencing 6. Non-governmental organizations and the critique of genetic surveillance Concluding remarks

"A valuable contribution to STS and ongoing discussions on forensic genetics and the governance of crime. The empirical study that informs this book is particularly important in its quest to address social, cultural and political repercussions of using surveillance technologies in our societies." Diana Miranda, Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northumbria University, UK"This amazing book brings original empirical and conceptual work on forensic genetic technologies in Europe into a dialogue with insights from surveillance studies, critical race theory, Science and Technology Studies, and other relevant fields. I highly recommend it to everyone with an interest in changing notions of social control and citizenship in Europe and beyond."Professor Barbara Prainsack, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna