2019
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2019.1609350
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Police epistemic culture and boundary work with judicial authorities and forensic scientists: the case of transnational DNA data exchange in the EU

Abstract: The exchange of forensic DNA data is seen as an increasingly important tool in criminal investigations into organised crime, control strategies and counterterrorism measures. On the basis of a set of interviews with police professionals involved in the transnational exchange of DNA data between EU countries, this paper examines how forensic DNA evidence is given meaning within the various different ways of constructing a police epistemic culture, it is, a set of shared values concerning valid knowledge and pra… Show more

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“…reFereNces Amelung, N., Granja, R., & Machado, H. (2019). "We are victims of our own success": Challenges of communicating DNA evidence to "enthusiastic".…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…reFereNces Amelung, N., Granja, R., & Machado, H. (2019). "We are victims of our own success": Challenges of communicating DNA evidence to "enthusiastic".…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, forensic DNA evidence is often viewed as capable of enhancing police practices with some degree of "objectivity" associated with the scientific authority of DNA technologies (Cole & Lynch, 2006;Costa, 2017;Santos, 2014). However, studies with police forces reveal that police professionals consider that DNA testing is subject to various contingencies, which is why it should be seen primarily as a source of intelligence, to be taken into account in criminal investigation in conjunction with other types of leads and evidence (Huey, 2010;Machado & Granja, 2019).…”
Section: From the Crime Scene To The Laboratory And The Courtmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In another publication, Helena Machado and Rafaela Granja addressed the topic of how forensic DNA evidence is given meaning within the various ways of constructing a police epistemic culture within Prüm (Machado & Granja, 2019a). Based on interviews with NCPs involved in international police cooperation, the authors show how the construction of a particular police epistemic culture is related to dynamics linked to the boundary work that creates, advocates and reinforces distinctions regarding other professionals also involved in transnational cooperation, such as the judicial authorities and forensic scientists.…”
Section: The Prüm Challengesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the other hand, police professionals enact boundary work in relation to forensic scientists by outlining how the value of a DNA hit does not reside in the hit by itself but on the police work which can turn DNA data into DNA evidence. Hence, the Prüm system involves the interaction of various epistemic cultures and professional practices, entailing both cooperation and coordination, in addition to enacting the differences and divisions between the different social actors in the criminal justice system (Machado & Granja, 2019a).…”
Section: The Prüm Challengesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The criminal case presented also outlines a second dimension of the cross-border exchange of DNA data: the arrest of the three suspects-together with numerous other "success" stories attributed to the Prüm regime 5 -further triggers the collective imagination regarding the power of forensic DNA typing in general [10,11], and the use of DNA databases and cross-border exchange and comparison in particular [12,13,6]. Such notion is underscored by a recent speech by the EU Commissioner for the Security Union, Julian King, at the Security Dialogue with the EU's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (or LIBE Committee) where he stated that: "Over the ten years of its existence, Prüm has proven to be a very useful tool in European law enforcement cooperation that has helped to solve many serious crimes in the EU."…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%