Document Type
Honors Project
First Advisor
Dr. James Josefson
Second Advisor
Dr. Bobbi Gentry
Third Advisor
Dr. Kevin Pallister
Degree Award Date
Spring 4-2023
Keywords
DNA, dragnet investigation, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Property, Fourteenth Amendment, Law, Constitution
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Fourteenth Amendment | Fourth Amendment | Science and Technology Law
Abstract
DNA dragnets have attracted both public and scholarly criticisms that have yet to be resolved by the Courts. This review will introduce a modern understanding of DNA analysis, a complete introduction to past and present Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence, and existing suggestions concerning similar issues in legal scholarship. Considering these contexts, this review concludes that a focus on privacy and property at once, with a particular sensitivity to the inseverable relationship between the two interests, is Constitutionally consistent with precedent and the most workable means of answering the question at hand.
Recommended Citation
E. Wyatt Jones, "Privacy and Property: Constitutional Concerns of DNA Dragnet Testing," Bridgewater College Digital Commons (2023).
Recommended Citation
E. Wyatt Jones, "Privacy and Property: Constitutional Concerns of DNA Dragnet Testing," Bridgewater College Digital Commons (2023).
Force Open Access
1
Included in
Constitutional Law Commons, Fourteenth Amendment Commons, Fourth Amendment Commons, Science and Technology Law Commons