DNA Flashcards
What are the 6 situations when you can take DNA?
- Voluntary.
- Post-conviction.
- Suspect.
- Dual.
- Intention to charge.
- Elimination.
What happens to DNA once it has been taken?
- Temporary Databank
- National Databank
What is the Temporary Databank?
Used for DNA profiles from a person who the Police have charged with an adult offence or a relevant offence. But are not yet convicted.
What is the National Databank?
Where the DNA is stored permanently. From volunteer DNA to convicted DNA.
What adult offenses require DNA to be taken?
Any imprisonable offense AND peeping and peering.
Who can give a voluntary DNA sample?
Anyone 17 years and older.
Who can give a post-convection DNA sample?
You may demand a DNA sample from a person who has a conviction for an imprisonable offence or peeping and peering.
Who can give a elimination DNA sample?
They are taken from people who have not commit an offenses but their DNA needs to be compared to other samples taken from a scene of an offense.
Who handles a elimination DNA sample?
Elimination samples are treated like an exhibit and are managed through BioTrak.
Who can give a suspect DNA sample?
You may request a suspect sample from a person who is 14 years or over and who is a suspect in an investigation into a imprisonable offence or peeping and peering.
What happens if a suspect refuses to give a suspect DNA sample?
You can apply to the District Court or Youth Court, as applicable, for a compulsion order/juvenile compulsion order requiring the person to provide the sample.
Who can give an Intention to charge DNA sample?
Police can require a DNA sample from an adult when they intend to charge that person with an imprisonable offence or peeping and peering.
What are the 3 ways to take DNA?
- DNA buccal (mouth swab) sample.
- Fingerprick (blood) sample.
- Venous blood sample.
What happens if they refuse to give DNA?
The constable may use reasonable force to assist a suitably qualified person to take a fingerprick sample.
Who is a suitably qualified person to take DNA?
- Medical practitioner.
- A nurse.
- A medical technologist.
- A person trained in phlebotomy.
