Proving that street cameras and wire tapping aren't the only angle that the powers that be can use to monitor and control our every move, Scotland Yard (which apparently is not a rugby field) wants to get all sciencey and take DNA samples from troubled students:
The director of Scotland Yard's forensics division says that Britain should be collecting DNA samples from any primary school children who show signs of behavior that exhibit a propensity for later crimes, according to an article in the Observer.
The Yard's Gary Pugh says the idea that trivial offenses committed early in life can forecast more serious crimes later in life is supported by studies, and that identifying these individuals when they're children would not only aid crime-solving later, but possibly deter some of these suspects from committing crimes when they're adults.
'If we have a primary means of identifying people before they offend, then in the long-term the benefits of targeting younger people are extremely large,' said Pugh. 'You could argue the younger the better. Criminologists say some people will grow out of crime; others won't. We have to find who are possibly going to be the biggest threat to society.'
Pugh admitted that the deeply controversial suggestion raised issues of parental consent, potential stigmatisation and the role of teachers in identifying future offenders, but said society needed an open, mature discussion on how best to tackle crime before it took place.
Listen. You assholes whip up a cure for Cancer, or figure out how to make my teevee stop buzzing every time my phone is about to ring...then we'll talk.
Until then, fuck off.
via Wired
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