Modes of Bio-Bordering

The Hidden (Dis)integration of Europe

Nina Amelung, Rafaela Granja, Helena Machado (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

151 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-8185-4 (ISBN)

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This open access book explores how biometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit, control and contain the mobility of selected people, namely criminalized populations. It introduces the concept of bio-bordering, using it to capture reverse patterns of bordering and ordering practices linked to transnational biometric data exchange regimes. The concept is useful to reconstruct how the territorial foundations of national state autonomy are partially reclaimed and, at the same time, partially purposefully suspended. The book focuses on the Prüm system, which facilitates the mandatory exchange of forensic DNA data amongst EU Member States. The Prüm system is an underexplored phenomenon, representing diverse instances of bio-bordering and providing a complex picture of the hidden (dis)integration of Europe. Particular legal, scientific, technical and political dimensions related to the governance and uses of biometric technologies in Germany, the Netherlands,Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom are specifically explored to demonstrate both similar and distinct patterns.

Nina Amelung, PhD, University of Minho, is a sociologist working in the project EXCHANGE, funded by European Research Council and led by Helena Machado. Her current research is on the democratic challenges of cross-border biometric data-exchange, and the making of publics in European crime, migration and border control regimes. Rafaela Granja, PhD, University of Minho, is a sociologist working in the project EXCHANGE. Her current research explores the transnational exchange of DNA data and controversies associated with scientific and technological innovations in the forensic field. Her previous work has focused on reconfigurations of family relationships inside and outside prisons. Helena Machado, Full Professor of Sociology, University of Minho, is a transdisciplinary researcher, engaging the social studies of science, bioethics, and sociological and criminological perspectives to explore how genetics creates acute challenges to citizenship, democracy and social control in contemporary societies.

Chapter 1 – Introduction.- Chapter 2 – A brief history of the evolution of forensic biometrics and biometric database systems crossing borders in EU law enforcement.- Chapter 3 – Biobordering as a concept.- Chapter 4 – Germany.- Chapter 5 – The Netherlands.- Chapter 6 – Poland.- Chapter 7 – Portugal.- Chapter 8 – The United Kingdom.- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2021
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 151 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	bioborders • Border studies • Crime Control • DNA Technologies • forensic genetics • open access
ISBN-10	981-15-8185-1 / 9811581851
ISBN-13	978-981-15-8185-4 / 9789811581854
Zustand	Neuware