The Constitutionality of Taking DNA Reference Sample

Authors

  • Józef Wójcikiewicz Head of the Department of Criminalistics at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • Violetta Kwiatkowska-Wójcikiewicz Head of the Department of Criminalistics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/CLR.2017.009

Keywords

reference DNA samples, constitutional rights, Polish Code of Criminal Procedure, Polish Police Act

Abstract

This paper focuses on the opinions of constitutional courts in the Federal Republic of Germany, United States of America, Canada, the Czech Republic, and the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland on taking references samples for DNA tests from a suspect (an accused). The inconsistency of Polish regulations referring to the DNA analysis is the main object of criticism.

Comparative Law Review

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Published

2018-02-06

How to Cite

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WÓJCIKIEWICZ, Józef & KWIATKOWSKA-WÓJCIKIEWICZ, Violetta. The Constitutionality of Taking DNA Reference Sample. Comparative Law Review [online]. 6 February 2018, T. 23, s. 207–222. [accessed 27.3.2023]. DOI 10.12775/CLR.2017.009.

Issue

Vol. 23 (2017)

Section

ARTICLES AND SHORTER NOTES

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