Define innocent定義無辜

A common question is how many of these individuals are innocents.一個共同的問題是有多少人無辜者。 This is particularly difficult to find out.這是特別難找到了。

First, the National DNA Database was allegedly never set up to record this information; this is in the Police National Computer (PNC).首先，全國DNA數據庫，據說從來沒有設立這一信息的記錄，這是警方在全國計算機（民警） 。

Second, what is meant by innocent is not always consistent; the obvious definition of all those never charged and those acquitted may not map directly to the information available.第二，是什麼意思無辜並不總是一致的;明顯的定義，所有這些從來沒有落案起訴，無罪釋放那些可能無法直接映射到現有的資料。 The NPIA ran a report on 2008-03-31: NPIA跑的一份報告， 2008年3月31日：

From the above table it can be deduced that, as of March 2008, there were DNA profiles for at least 573,639 innocent individuals and possibly for as many as 857,366 innocents.從上述表格可以推斷出，截至2008年3月，有DNA圖譜至少573639無辜的個人，並可能多達857366無辜者。 Fourteen to 21 per cent of the sampled individuals recorded in the NDNAD are innocent. 14至21日百分之採樣記錄在個人的NDNAD是無辜的。 Furthermore, that does not take into account any此外，不考慮任何 mistakes錯誤 in the PNC.在民警。

What happens to the DNA samples and profiles of all those innocents?會發生什麼變化的DNA樣本和簡況所有這些無辜者？ Most of them are kept and retained forever.他們多數是保存和保留下去。 The procedure to get off the NDNAD is complex and assume that one case is considered exceptional enough to justify such a procedure in the first place.該程序下車NDNAD是複雜的，假設一個案例被視為例外足夠的理由這樣的程序擺在首位。

See El Reg ’s 薩爾瓦多雷見之 How to delete your DNA profile如何刪除您的DNA圖譜 for more on this.更多的關於這一點。 (Note that the only process map the Metropolitan Police has published since is a （請注意，只有進程地圖警視廳已出版以來是一個 rehash翻版 of the usual guidelines and the Specialist Crime Directorate 12 wrote that ‘[t]here is no additional information I can supply on this subject’.)通常的指導方針和犯罪專家局12日寫道， ' [噸]在這裡沒有更多的信息我可以提供關於這一問題的。 ）

The huge difference in numbers between removals of samples taken England & Wales forces and by other forces is due to differences between English & Welsh and Scottish laws.巨大的差異之間的數字清除樣本英格蘭和威爾士部隊和其他部隊是由於英語之間的差異與威爾士和蘇格蘭的法律。 DNA profiles and samples of innocents taken by Scotland forces can’t be kept forever. DNA圖譜並樣本，所採取的無辜蘇格蘭部隊不能保持下去。

Whether England and Wales forces can keep stalling on the removal of DNA profiles (and destruction of DNA samples) of innocents has gone all the way to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights:無論是英格蘭和威爾士的力量能保持拖延拆除DNA圖譜（和破壞的DNA樣本）的無辜了所有的方式向大庭歐洲人權法院：

“The [Marper and S v. UK] case concerns the decision to continue storing fingerprints and DNA samples taken from the applicants after unsuccessful criminal proceedings against them were closed.” The “在[ Marper和S訴英國]案件涉及決定繼續儲存的指紋和DNA樣本取自失敗後，申請人提起刑事訴訟它們被關閉。 ”該 hearing聽證會 was in February and the ruling will be given later this year.在2月和執政黨將在今年晚些時候。 (Note that the adjusted figure for 2008 is based on data up to September adjusted for the rest of the year.) （請注意，調整後的數字為2008年的基礎數據調整至9月，在餘下的一年。 ）

I did not request the data for calendar additions to the NDNAD, but to put things in perspective, the yearly average number of subject profiles added to the NDNAD for the the financial years 2005-07 was 711,645 (我沒有要求的數據為歷年增加的NDNAD ，而是把事情的角度看，每年平均人數主題簡介加入NDNAD的財政年度2005-07是711645 （ NPIA NDNAD Annual report NPIA NDNAD年度報告 data).數據） 。 For England and Wales forces it was 646,767 (John Reid in對於英格蘭和威爾士的力量是646767 （約翰里德在 Parliament written answers議會的書面答复 ). ） 。

Profiling at a young age仿形在年輕時

There’s particular concern as to how many young individuals are included in the NDNAD.有特別令人關注，因為有多少年輕的個人被列入NDNAD 。 Depending on whether you consider the NDNAD as a criminal database, being included in it at a young age is worrying.根據您是否考慮NDNAD作為犯罪數據庫，被列入它在年輕時是令人擔憂的。

The England & Wales forces again lead in in their aggressiveness to sample DNA.英格蘭和威爾士部隊再次率先在其侵略性的DNA樣品。 Six pe rcent of all the profiles in the NDNAD were taken by other forces, but only three percent of the DNA profiles of subjects 10 to 17 years old (when the report was ran) was for samples taken by other forces.六體育rcent的所有剖面NDNAD採取了其他部隊，但只有百分之三的DNA圖譜的科目10至17歲（當時該報告是然）為樣本所採取的其他部隊。

The NPIA last ran a more complete report concerning 10-17 year-olds on 2008-04-10:去年的NPIA了一個更完整的報告中關於10-17歲的年輕人在08年4月10日：

(The number of those with a PNC record is one less that the estimated total number of individuals. The NPIA did not state if there’s one youngster with a PNC record already removed, which is unlikely or whether this should be viewed as a statistical error). （人數那些有民警紀錄是少了一個，估計總人數的個人。的NPIA沒有說明如果有一個年輕的民警紀錄已經刪除，這是不太可能，或是否應被視為統計錯誤） 。 From the above table, it can be seen that at least 39,095 innocent youngsters are affected.從上述表格中，可以看出，至少有39095無辜的青少年受到影響。

If you happen to live in England or Wales, being young or innocent, or both, is not enough to ensure you won’t be captured in this massive database.如果你碰巧生活在英格蘭或威爾斯，被年輕的或無辜的，或者兩者是不夠的，以確保您不會在被抓獲的這個大規模的數據庫。 ®

Bootnote

It can be argued that retaining DNA profiles of individuals is not even effective in solving crimes.可以說，保留DNA圖譜的個人甚至不能有效解決的罪行。 Helen Wallace, from GeneWatch, debunked this assumption last year when looking at海倫華萊士，來自GeneWatch ，揭穿這一假設去年看 who should be on the NDNAD誰應該對NDNAD : ：

“Collecting more DNA from crime scenes has made a big difference to the number of crimes solved, but keeping DNA from more and more people who have been arrested - many of whom are innocent - has not. “收集更多的DNA提取犯罪現場取得了很大的不同數量的罪行解決，但維持的DNA ，越來越多的人誰已被逮捕-其中許多人是無辜的-事實並非如此。 Since April 2003, about 1.5 million extra people have been added to the Database, but the chances of detecting a crime using DNA has remained constant, at about 0.36%.” 2003年4月以來，約150萬人口已添加到數據庫，但機會犯罪偵查用DNA一直保持不變，約為0.36 ％ 。 “

David Mery is a technologist and writer based in London. 大衛梅里是一個技術專家和作家總部設在倫敦。 Last year he succeeded in having his DNA profile purged. 去年，他成功了他的DNA檔案清除。 His website is 他的網站 gizmonaut.net gizmonaut.net . 。