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It is important to note, for evidential purposes, that because the forensic analysis of a data base is not executed in isolation, the technological frame work within which a subject database exit, is crucial to understanding and resolving questions of data authenticity and integrity especially as it relates to database users.
==Methods==
Familial DNA testing is an investigation tool that employs the use to Database forensics to convict criminals and exonerate innocent people convicted of crimes. Familial DNA testing is used when DNA found at a crime scene strongly resembles DNA already in the database. The two pieces of DNA are likely to be related persons, and the perpetrator is tracked down based on the information of the relative in the database.<ref> [http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/double-helix-jeopardy] "Double Helix Jeopardy" </ref>
This technique is surrounded by controversy regarding whether it i an invasion of privacy, and whether it could lead to an increase of racial profiling amount the judicial system. Other scholars argue, however, that the potential of convicting criminals that are harmful to society far outweighs any potential of privacy invasion or racial profiling. <ref> [http://mjlst.umn.edu/prod/groups/ahc/@pub/@ahc/@mjlst/documents/asset/ahc_asset_365156.pdf] "It's All Relative: DNA Testing and the Fourth Amendment" </ref>
==Further reading==
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