Privacy concerns don't stop people from putting their DNA on the internet to help solve crimes
- Written by Sarah Esther Lageson, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Home DNA testing has made it easy and affordable for millions of people to learn about their ancestry. Now, police are using this genetic information to identify suspects in unsolved crimes.ShutterstockAmericans are embracing the use of DNA databases to solve crimes.
Over the past year DNA submitted to ancestry websites have helped police in the...