The Positive And Negative Effects of DNA Profiling
Justin Broyles
Apr. 12, 1995
Justice Theory
Lance Miller
Genetic engineering has developed and blossomed at a frightening rate in
the last decade. Originating as merely an area of interest for scientists,
genetic engineering has now become an area of which all people should be
somewhat knowledgeable.
DNA profiling has many uses, both positive and negative, in our society.
Aside from its usefulness in many legal investigations, DNA profiling can be
used in the workplace to discriminate against employees whose profiles could
pose a financial risk. For example, genetic technology can and has been used to
determine the capacity of a person to contract certain diseases, such as sickle-
cell anemia, which could cause many employers to hesitate in the hiring and
training of such people. In the early 1970\\\'s, the United States began a carrier
screening for sickle-cell anemia, which affects 1 in 400 African-Americans.
Many of......
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