Data Governance for Justice and Human Rights: Forensics, Flow and Frontiers

Editor: Dr. Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell

Series Title: Current and Future Developments in Law

Data Governance for Justice and Human Rights: Forensics, Flow and Frontiers

Volume 4

ISSN: 2589-0115
eISSN: 2589-0107 (Online)
ISBN: 979-8-89881-226-3
eISBN: 979-8-89881-225-6 (Online)

Introduction

Data Governance for Justice and Human Rights: Forensics, Flow and Frontiers examines the historical development and current applications of data in legal decision-making, including AI-driven fact-finding and evidence-based argumentation. It also addresses the governance of legal data, tackling challenges such as AI-generated misinformation, forensic bioinformatics, and cognitive biases in forensic science. Finally, it highlights novel forensic applications, particularly in bioinformatics for human identification.


Key Features

  • - Comprehensive coverage of data-driven approaches in law and justice.
  • - Focus on AI, machine learning, and statistical methods in forensic applications.
  • - Explores governance, ethics, and strategies for reliable legal data use.
  • - Case studies and real-world examples linking theory to practice.

Target Readership:

Scholars, researchers, and practitioners in data science, AI, bioinformatics, law, and forensic science.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Dr. Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue
New Westminster, BC V3M 5Z5
Canada




Contributor(s):
Antti Sajantila
Department of Forensic Medicine
University of Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland

Forensic Medicine Unit
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Helsinki
Finland


Bruce Budowle
Department of Forensic Medicine
University of Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland


David Gurney
Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center
Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430
USA


Ellen Greytak
Parabon NanoLabs
Inc. Suite 406, Reston, 11260 Roger Bacon Dr.
Virginia 20190
USA


James French
Department of Security and Crime Science
Centre for the Forensic Sciences, University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom


Jianye Ge
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics and Center for Human Identification
University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNNTHSC)
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth
Texas 76107, USA


Karen McGregor Richmond
Kellogg College
University of Oxford
Oxford OX2 6PN
United Kingdom


Ruth M. Morgan
Department of Security and Crime Science
Centre for the Forensic Sciences, University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom


Sean Goltz
Edith Cowan University
270 Joondalup Drive
Joondalup, Perth WA 6027
Australia


Sherry Nakhaeizadeh
Department of Security and Crime Science
Centre for the Forensic Sciences, University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom


Swathi Kumar
QIAGEN Sciences
19300 Germantown Rd, Germantown
Maryland 20874
USA


Taryn Mulvihill
Cognitive Systems
University of British Columbia
BC
Canada


Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Douglas College, 700 Royal Avenue
New Westminster, BC V3M 5Z5
Canada


Zhao Yuxin
National University of Singapore
University Town, 2 College Avenue West, #01-03
(Stephen Riady Centre)
Singapore 138607