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## Background: Forensic dna testing is a powerful tool used to identify, convict, and exonerate individuals charged of criminal offenses, but there are different views on its benefits and risks. knowledge about public views on forensic dna testing applied in the criminal field is socially valuable to practitioners and policymakers. this paper aims to synthesize quantitative evidence about the factors that influence public views on forensic dna testing in the criminal field. based on a systematic search conducted in january 2019, a scoping review was performed, targeting studies presenting original empirical data that were indexed in web of science and pubmed. the two authors performed eligibility and data extraction. ## Results: The 11 studies were conducted mainly in european countries (italy, portugal, serbia, spain, switzerland) and the remaining derived from the usa and new zealand. non-representative samples were mostly used to explore the benefits and risks of criminal dna databases, criteria for insertion and retention of dna samples and profiles, knowledge, willingness to donate a dna sample, and custody. the value of forensic dna databases in protecting society from crime

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Author

Helena Machado; Susana Silva

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)