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Author Biographies Vol.2, No.1

William Bernet , M.D., a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, is board certified in general psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Bernet has published on a variety of subjects, including: group and individual therapy with children and adolescents; humor in psychotherapy; forensic child psychiatry; child maltreatment; true and false allegations of abuse; satanic ritual abuse; child custody and visitation; and risk management. Go to article: Behavioural Genetics in Criminal Cases: Past, Present, and Future

Hazel Biggs was appointed Professor of Medical Law at Lancaster University in April 2005, prior to which she was Director of Medical Law at the University of Kent . The focus of her research is Medical Law and Ethics with the main emphasis being end of life decision-making, human reproduction and clinical research and she has published widely in these areas. Go to article: End of Life Decision-making, Policy and the Criminal Justice System: Untrained Carers Assuming Responsibility [UCARes] and Their Uncertain Legal Liabilities

Helen Codd is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Central Lancashire . Her current research focuses on prisoners' families, law and policy and incorporates interdisciplinary socio-legal and criminological perspectives. She is also interested in prisoners' rights, gender and criminal justice. Go to article: Policing Procreation: Prisoners, Artificial Insemination and the Law

Anthony Mark Cutter, amcutter@uclan.ac.uk, Barrister, is Senior Lecturer and Director of the LLM/MA in Medical Law & Bioethics at the Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire. He has written and lectured internationally on a wide range of genomics issues including DNA databases, nutritional genomics and nanotechnology. At present he is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, St Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. He is also on the Board of the National Probation Service (Cumbria ) and a Governor of the Royal National College for the Blind. He is the Guest Editor of this issue. Go to editorial essay: To Clear or to Convict? The Role of Genomics in Criminal Justice

Nita Farahany , M.A., J.D., is a fellow and instructor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School , Nashville, Tennessee. She is completing her Ph.D. in Philosophy of Biology at Duke University. Her dissertation explores the intersection of behavioral genetics and criminal law. She is the co-special editor of an upcoming issue of the journal Law & Contemporary Problems on The Impact of Behavioral Genetics on the Criminal Law. Go to article: Behavioural Genetics in Criminal Cases: Past, Present, and Future

Susanne B. Haga , Ph.D. is a Senior Policy Scientist at the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy at Duke University. Her interests lie in the translation of genetics/genomics research to practical applications, particularly in medical practice, and related specifically to the legal/regulatory, ethical, and social implications. Go to article: Policy Implications of Defining Race and More by Genome Profiling

Bjørn Hofmann is an adjunct professor at the Section for Medical Ethics at the University of Oslo where he is also a post doctoral research fellow on an international research project on research biobanks. His main interests are concepts of health and disease, the relationship between technology and values, as well as autonomy and informed consent. Hofmann is also an adjunct professor at the University College of Gjøvik. Go to case report: Forensic uses and misuses of DNA: a case report from Norway

Jane Kaye is the Research Officer in Law at the Oxford Genetics Knowledge Park (OGKP) based at the University of Oxford. Her research in the area of biolaw focuses on the development of innovative technologies and the legal issues of privacy, confidentiality, data protection and negligence, as well as the broader issues of the public interest, governance and regulation. She has carried out research on the Icelandic Health Sector Database; lead the Law Team of an EC Framework 5 project called ELSAGEN; and has recently been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant (with Andrew Smart and Mike Parker) for a project called ‘Governing Genetic Databases'. Go to article: Police collection and access to DNA samples

Mairi Levitt is a deputy director of CESAGen. A sociologist, she has a long standing research interest in the sociology of the new genetics, including public engagement on science and technology and the interface between sociology and bioethics. Go to article: Bar-coded children: an exploration of issues around the inclusion of children on the England and Wales National DNA database. Go to book review: Book Review: Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics. Science Ethics and Public Conversation

Robin Mackenzie is Director of Medical Law and Ethics at the University of Kent. She has taught law in New Zealand , Scotland and the United Kingdom and has published in the field of medical law and ethics as this applies to reproduction, genetics, death and dying, intellectual property and feminist thought. Go to articles: Addiction in public health and criminal justice system governance: neuroscience, enhancement and happiness research and End of Life Decision-making, Policy and the Criminal Justice System: Untrained Carers Assuming Responsibility [UCARes] and Their Uncertain Legal Liabilities

Ozan Onay is an undergraduate student of Science and Law at Sydney University. During the course of his studies he has undertaken some independent research under the guidance of members of Sydney University 's Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science. Go to article: The true ramifications of genetic criminality research for free will in the criminal justice system

Ken Pease was Professor of Criminology at the University of Manchester, and Head of the Police Research Group at the Home Office. He also sat on the Parole Board. Now retired, he remains a member of the Home Office's Science and Technology Reference Group, and Visiting Professor at the University of Loughborough. Go to article: First Impressions Count: Serious detections arising from Criminal Justice Samples

Chloe Smith was a Research Fellow at the JDI for four years, working on an eclectic range of projects before specialising in the role of design in crime towards the end of her time at the JDI. She now works as a Project Manager for IFF Research. Go to article: First Impressions Count: Serious detections arising from Criminal Justice Samples

Floris Tomasini is a Research Associate at CESAGen, Lancaster. He is a continental philosopher by training and manages a European project (INES). His current interests – including the role of children in genomics – involve genomic ontology, identity and bioethics within the human enhancement and public health debates. Go to article: Bar-coded children: an exploration of issues around the inclusion of children on the England and Wales National DNA database

Michael Townsley is a Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science. His main research interests include crime analysis with a view to the prevention of crime. Current work involves considering ways in which forensic data can be employed in a more proactive manner beyond the resolution of individual criminal incidents. Go to article: First Impressions Count: Serious detections arising from Criminal Justice Samples