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It has been nearly 40 years since DNA evidence became available to forensic investigators, and more than 800 cases have been solved with the help of forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) over the past 5 years. What have we learned, what are the risks and protections to consider, and what can we expect for the future?
This panel, moderated by Amy McGuire, JD, PhD, brings together experts from diverse disciplines to discuss various aspects of genetic privacy impacting the forensic DNA community. The first panelist, Ray Wickenheiser, DPS, will provide an overview of current procedures used to investigate crime using forensic DNA and discuss their privacy implications, including discarded DNA samples and application of employee databases and elimination samples. The next two panelists will describe different approaches for addressing privacy consideration. Bruce Budowle, PhD, will explore how informed consent practices can improved to respect autonomy and address privacy concerns of non-suspect individuals whose DNA is implicated in an investigation. David Gurney, JD, PhD, will examine state laws and proposed bills that attempt to address privacy concerns related to the use of FIGG, some of which regulate FIGG directly and others that have indirect—and presumably unintentional—effects on FIGG. Finally, Christi Guerrini, JD, MPH, will present data from an NIH-funded study of public preferences related to FIGG. She will report results from a survey with 1000 respondents to understand public acceptability of various applications of FIGG and its potential oversight, as well as relative preferences for features of FIGG practice associated with trade-offs between individual interests in privacy and societal interests in public safety and justice.
It has been nearly 40 years since DNA evidence became available to forensic investigators, and more than 800 cases have been solved with the help of forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) over the past 5 years. What have we learned, what are the risks and protections to consider, and what can we expect for the future?
This panel, moderated by Amy McGuire, JD, PhD, brings together experts from diverse disciplines to discuss various aspects of genetic privacy impacting the forensic DNA community. The first panelist, Ray Wickenheiser, DPS, will provide an overview of current procedures used to investigate crime using forensic DNA and discuss their privacy implications, including discarded DNA samples and application of employee databases and elimination samples. The next two panelists will describe different approaches for addressing privacy consideration. Bruce Budowle, PhD, will explore how informed consent practices can improved to respect autonomy and address privacy concerns of non-suspect individuals whose DNA is implicated in an investigation. David Gurney, JD, PhD, will examine state laws and proposed bills that attempt to address privacy concerns related to the use of FIGG, some of which regulate FIGG directly and others that have indirect—and presumably unintentional—effects on FIGG. Finally, Christi Guerrini, JD, MPH, will present data from an NIH-funded study of public preferences related to FIGG. She will report results from a survey with 1000 respondents to understand public acceptability of various applications of FIGG and its potential oversight, as well as relative preferences for features of FIGG practice associated with trade-offs between individual interests in privacy and societal interests in public safety and justice.
Workshop currently at capacity. A waitlist is available to join on our registration page.
Assistant Professor of Law & Society and Director of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center, Ramapo College
Dr. David Gurney, JD/PhD is an assistant professor of Law & Society and Director of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College. He is president of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Accreditation Board and a board member of the Forensic Genealogy Special Interest Group of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Retired Director for the New York State Police Crime Lab System
Dr. Ray Wickenheiser, is the retired Director of the New York State Police Crime Laboratory System, formerly headquartered in Albany, New York. Ray is now located in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he provides forensic consulting and training. His areas of expertise include crime lab administration, quality management, conflict resolution, forensic DNA and mixture interpretation, serology, hair and fiber trace evidence, physical matching and comparison, glass fracture analysis, forensic grain comparison and forensic investigative genetic genealogy.
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