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Solving Crimes With 23andme: Dna Databases And The Future Of Law Enforcement, Meghan Mcloughlin
Solving Crimes With 23andme: Dna Databases And The Future Of Law Enforcement, Meghan Mcloughlin
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
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“It could never happen to me though, right?”
Sitting on our comfortable couches in our secure homes and watching news stories about people who have lost loved ones to the most terrible, violent crimes, we think to ourselves: “That’s awful for them, but it won’t happen to me.” But what if it did?
Becoming a victim of a violent crime or loving someone who becomes a victim of a crime in the United States is not uncommon. In 2016, 2.9 million people in the United States were victims of at least one “violent crime”—crimes defined by their inherent violence, …