Consultation on the Acquisition and Retention of DNA and Fingerprint Data in Scotland (CRES 1058)

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FOOTNOTES / REFERENCES

1. Matches are considered to be intelligence until the are confirmed by analysis of an evidential sample from the relevant individual

2. In Scotland the match rate is the percentage of intelligence matches at the time a profile is placed on the database.

3. R v Marper & S (2002b) UKHL 39House of Lords (Appellant Committee)

4. S & Marper v the United Kingdom

5. (2006). Police Retention of Prints and Samples -updated. SPICe briefing, Scottish Parliament. 06/44.

6. The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues. Cambridge, Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (2007).

7. Genetic Policing Williams, R. and P. Johnson (2008). The use of DNA in criminal investigations. Cullompton, Willan Publishing.

8. The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues. Cambridge, Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (2007).

9. Unpublished data from Scottish Government

10. ibid

11. Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

12. http://www.childrens-hearings.co.uk/background.asp (accessed April 2008)

13. SCRA, Scottish Government Review Forensics Legislation (Destruction provision), March 2006

14. SCRA (2007). Annual Report 2006-07, Scottish Children's Reporter Administration

15. (2006). Lord Advocate's Guidelines to Chief Constables- reporting to Procurators Fiscal offences alleged to have been committed by children.

16. Data provided by SPSA

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