Abstract
Abstract The National DNA Database (NDNAD) was set up in 1995 but has become increasingly controversial as a result of two changes to the law. The first, in 2001, allowed the indefinite retention of DNA samples, computerised DNA profiles, and fingerprints following acquittal or a decision to take no further action. The second, in 2003, allowed routine collection of DNA and fingerprints from anyone arrested and held at a police station, for any recordable offence (Williams et al., 2004). The combined effect of these decisions – which apply in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, but not Scotland – has been a massive expansion in the size of the Database. A new DNA profile is added roughly every minute.
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