DNA testing information on YouTube: Inadequate advice can mislead and harm the public

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey H. Basch ◽  
Grace C. Hillyer ◽  
Miryam Z. Wahrman ◽  
Philip Garcia ◽  
Charles E. Basch
Keyword(s):  
Dna Testing ◽  
The Public

Judgments of Value, Judgments of Fact: The Ethical Dimension of Biohistorical Research

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Russell Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Ethical Dimension ◽  
Dna Testing ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Value Judgments ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
Scientific Analysis

The public increasingly views DNA testing as an unassailable way to verify the identity of historical figures. The Chicago Historical Society explored the appropriateness of DNA analysis and other forensic scientific methods to authenticate Lincoln assassination-related artifacts in its collection. The study concluded that DNA testing would damage or destroy the artifacts. More importantly, it determined that DNA and other scientific analysis of historical artifacts or historical figures' remains should be done only in the context of an ethical framework. The article discusses the development of ethical guidelines for museums and historians to follow when considering such studies.

Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture: Children's Understanding of Inheritance and Family

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Richards
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Dna Testing ◽  
Genetic Literacy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mendelian Genetics ◽  
Lay Understanding ◽  
Kinship Relations ◽  
Genetic Technologies

It is widely argued that a more general ‘genetic literacy’ of the public is required so that appropriate use is made of the new human genetic technologies, such as DNA testing, and there is effective public participation in debates about the regulation and development of new technologies. Despite a century of popularisation and school education in Mendelian genetics, public understanding remains very limited. An hypothesis is put forward that suggests that the limited public understanding results from the existence of a lay understanding of inheritance that conflicts with the scientific account of Mendelian genetics and impedes its uptake. It is further proposed that the lay understanding of inheritance is derived by children from a developmentally earlier social understanding of kinship relations. Given that the lay knowledge of inheritance is grounded in social concepts of kinship that are sustained by every day social activities and relationships, it may be particularly resistant to change. A test of the hypothesis is described and evidence relating to the development of concepts of inheritance and family in children is discussed.

scholarly journals THE NATURE OF LEGAL CERTAINTY ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE RESULTS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA) IN THE PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauluddin M.
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Dna Testing ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Investigation Process

The purpose of this study to explain about: (1) the nature of the legal certainty of the results of the DNA examination; (2) the effectiveness of the results utilization of the DNA in the process of scientific investigation in 2007-2016; and (3) support the legislation, human resources, facilities and infrastructure, budgets and the level of knowledge and legal awareness of the public and law enforcement officers in the process of DNA testing. The Methods is a qualitative approach. The location of this scientific research conducted at the DNA Laboratory Medical and Health Center (Pusdokkes). The results showed that: (1) the nature of the rule of law on the results utilization of DNA testing is a means to search for and find the material truth which is absolute and conclusive by promoting evidence categorized as a gold and green qualified (2) the implementation of the DNA utilization testing in the investigation process scientifically in the DNA laboratory have gone quite effective, with the number of cases handled 754 cases and (3) support the legislation, human resources, facilities and infrastructure, budgets and the level of knowledge and awareness of the law in the process of DNA testing will be sufficient.

scholarly journals Genetic Genealogy and its Use in Criminal Investigations: Are We Heading Towards a Universal Genetic Database?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Plemel
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Database Systems ◽  
Dna Testing ◽  
Genetic Database ◽  
Genetic Genealogy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Investigations ◽  
Dna Evidence ◽  
History Of

In April 2018, Joseph DeAngelo also known as The Golden State Killer was caught and convicted. This was made possible by 40-year-old DNA evidence, genetic genealogy, and current information systems technology. This paper will discuss the history of genetic information such as DNA testing used in forensics, and consider information technologies effect on the future of criminal investigations. The main focus is genetic databases and their management. How will the management of these databases affect the public and law enforcement? Could a universal genetic database create solutions to the current criminal database systems, often critiqued for being discriminatory? How can we use genetic genealogy more efficiently to solve crimes?  The sources used for this exploration include companies such as GEDmatch, 23andME, and Ancestry; key players of the field such as Barbara Rae Venter and CeCe Moore; newspaper articles, statistics, and academic journals.

Replications can cause distorted belief in scientific progress

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Białek
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
The Public ◽  
Psychological Science

AbstractIf we want psychological science to have a meaningful real-world impact, it has to be trusted by the public. Scientific progress is noisy; accordingly, replications sometimes fail even for true findings. We need to communicate the acceptability of uncertainty to the public and our peers, to prevent psychology from being perceived as having nothing to say about reality.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

Democrazy—Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Darren Kew
Keyword(s):  
Transition Program ◽  
The Political ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Political Class ◽  
Soccer Match ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Military

In many respects, the least important part of the 1999 elections were the elections themselves. From the beginning of General Abdusalam Abubakar’s transition program in mid-1998, most Nigerians who were not part of the wealthy “political class” of elites—which is to say, most Nigerians— adopted their usual politically savvy perspective of siddon look (sit and look). They waited with cautious optimism to see what sort of new arrangement the military would allow the civilian politicians to struggle over, and what in turn the civilians would offer the public. No one had any illusions that anything but high-stakes bargaining within the military and the political class would determine the structures of power in the civilian government. Elections would influence this process to the extent that the crowd influences a soccer match.

A Rural County Speech and Language Program

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hildegarde Traywick
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Rural County ◽  
Language Program ◽  
The Public ◽  
Madison County

This paper describes the organization and implementation of an effective speech and language program in the public schools of Madison County, Alabama, a rural, sparsely settled area.

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