“It all happened so slowly” – On controlling function creep in forensic DNA databases

Dahl, Johanne Yttri; Sætnan, Ann Rudinow

doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2009.04.002

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“…8 The system was connected to criminal justice data to see what the results would be. In line with Dahl and Saetnan's (2009) requirements for function creep, the tests showed that Amigo-boras was able to take on new tasks and it was concluded that it was both technologically and administratively possible to use Amigo-boras for crime control purposes. 9 The interviews with RNM staff members indicated that after a careful negotiation process with the policethe RNM was treading on police turf after allan official agreement was signed on 28 January 2016 and Amigo-boras could be formally used to combat a wide range of criminal activities.…”

Section: Policy Perceptions: Calls For More Border Security and Adaptmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…The concept of function creep can play an important part in this process. Combining the studies of Mordini and Massari (2008) and Dahl and Saetnan (2009), five elements contribute to the existence of function creep. First, there needs to be a change in the political arena to trigger the need to use the technology for different purposes.…”

Section: Crimmigration and Function Creepmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Technology driven crimmigration? Function creep and mission creep in Dutch migration control

Dekkers¹

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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As migration is increasingly seen as a matter of security, migration control and crime control seem to be merging, a process also referred to as crimmigration. To distinguish between migrants that are wanted and those who are not, new technologies are introduced regularly and existing technologies are increasingly interconnected. This could lead to what is called function creep: technology developed for a specific purpose over time being used for other purposes as well. This article aims to explore the relation between crimmigration and function creep by examining a case study of a smart camera system called Amigo-boras used by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. While originally designed to assist in enforcing migration law, recent developments allow the RNM to use Amigo-boras for crime control purposes as well. This article will uncover what the rationales behind this function creep in the use of the Amigo-Boras system are/wereboth from a street-level and policy-level perspectiveand how these relate to crimmigration. The data shows that concerns of cross-border crime are an important reason to use Amigo-boras for more than just migration control. As a result, a significant element of crime control is introduced in Dutch migration control, pushing the crimmigration process further. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Policy Perceptions: Calls For More Border Security and Adaptmentioning

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Section: Crimmigration and Function Creepmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology driven crimmigration? Function creep and mission creep in Dutch migration control

Dekkers¹

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…intercepting of communications, the 'bugging' of conversations and the spread of CCTV) through legislation following up what was already being done in practice (John and Maguire 1998). This view has also been applied to the strengthening of the sex offender register (Thomas 2008), the manner in which initiatives become part of a drug treatment or punishment programme (Clancey and Howard 2006) and extensions to the use of the national DNA database (Nelkin andAndrews 1999, Dahl andSaetnan 2009) Considering this literature, there appear to be four features of this process:…”

Section: The Role 'Creep' Of the Appropriate Adultmentioning

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Extending and professionalising the role of the appropriate adult

Pierpoint

2011

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

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The 'appropriate adult' has received relatively little attention from academics and even less from policymakers. That said, when the United Kingdom's Labour government was displaced in 2010, it had just completed, in March 2010, a three-year review of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), which included proposals for extending, professionalising and further reviewing the appropriate adult scheme. Under the new coalition government, the review of the provision of appropriate adults is continuing. It is, therefore, timely to assess the merits of the existing proposals and consider which further issues should be taken into account by the ongoing review. This article makes this assessment with reference to the existing literature, including the previously unpublished results of a survey of professional appropriate adults and their coordinators. The article argues that a number of appropriate adults support the extension and professionalisation of the role and, in practice, have already extended their role, in a manner akin to Marx's (1988) concept of 'creep'. However, the main priority for the new government should be to clarify the definition of the role.

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“…This state of affairs is difficult to comprehend in light of its historical 28 Dahl & Saetnan (2009). Former President Roosevelt introduced the Social Security Number with a specific purpose, but as is obvious from Sect.…”

Section: Function Creepmentioning

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Financial Identity Theft

Meulen

2011

Information Technology and Law Series

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“It all happened so slowly” – On controlling function creep in forensic DNA databases

Cited by 56 publications

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Technology driven crimmigration? Function creep and mission creep in Dutch migration control

Technology driven crimmigration? Function creep and mission creep in Dutch migration control

Extending and professionalising the role of the appropriate adult

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