Staff profile
Overview
Professor Robin Williams
Emeritus Professor

Affiliation |
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Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology |
Emeritus Professor in Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) |
Research interests
- The Use of Forensic Science in Criminal Investigations
Publications
Authored book
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2008). Genetic Policing: The Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations. Willan Publishing
- Williams, R. (2000). Making Identity Matter. sociologypress
Chapter in book
- Williams, R. (2008). Entries on 'DNA Profiling' and on 'Fingerprints'. In T. Newburn, & P. Neyroud (Eds.), Dictionary of Policing. Willan Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781843925996
- Williams, R. (2008). DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses. In International Enyclopedia of Life Sciences. (1). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0005859
- Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2008). European Securization and Bioemetric Identification: The Uses of Genetic Profiling (reprinted from Ann 1st Super Sanita 2007). In M. Bhavani (Ed.), Biometrics: Techno-Legal Issues. Icfai University Press
- Williams, R. (2008). Policing and Forensic Science. In T. Newburn (Ed.), Handbook of Policing (760-793). (2nd). Willan Publishing
- Williams, R. (2007). The Problem of Dust: Forensic Investigation as Practical Action. In S. Hester, & D. Francis (Eds.), Orders of Ordinary Action: Respecifying Sociological Knowledge (195-210). Ashgate Publishing
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2007). Trace Biometrics and Criminal Investigations. In T. Newburn, T. Williamsson, & A. Wright (Eds.), Handbook of Criminal Investigation (357-380). Willan Publishing
- Banks, S., & Williams, R. (2004). Old dilemmas, new contexts: ethical challenges for social welfare practitioners. In J. Radcliffe et.al (Ed.), Dilemmas for Human Services 2003: A post NPM World? Ethics and Risk in a Changing Environment (119-123). University of Staffordshire
Edited book
Journal Article
- Williams, R. (2010). Shaping Forensic Science Innovation
- Williams, R., Barr, M., & Haimes, E. (2008). The Bioethics of Security. Bioethics, 22(9), ii-iii. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00701.x
- Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2007). Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. Policing and Society, 17(2), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460701302669
- Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2007). European securitization and biometric identification: the uses of genetic profiling
- Haimes, E., & Williams, R. (2007). Sociology, Ethics, and the Priority of the Particular: learning from a case study of genetic deliberations. British Journal of Sociology, 58, 457-476
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2006). Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (Reprint of earlier version in special issue 'Symposium on DNA Fingerprinting and Civil Liberties'. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 32(2), 234-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00030.x
- Banks, S., & Williams, R. (2005). Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas. The British Journal of Social Work, 35(7), 1005-1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch199
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2005). Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 33(3), 545-558. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2005.tb00517.x
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2004). Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases. New Genetics and Society, 23(2), 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463677042000237035
- Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2004). DNA and Crime Investigation: Scotland and the “UK National DNA Database'
- Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2004). Post-Conviction DNA Testing: The UK’s First Exoneration Case?
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2004). Circuits of Surveillance
- Williams, R. (2003). Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 515-529. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.515
- Johnson, P., Martin, P., & Williams, R. (2003). Genetics and forensics: a sociological history of the National DNA Database
Other (Print)
Report
- McCartney, C., Williams, R., & Wilson, T. (2010). The Future of Forensic Bioinformation. The Nuffield Foundation
- Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2005). Forensic DNA Databasing: A European Perspective (Interim Report). [No known commissioning body]
- Williams, R., Johnson., P., & Martin, P. (2004). Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database. Wellcome Trust
- Williams, R. (2004). The Management of Crime Scene Examination in Relation to the Investigation of Burglary and Vehicle Crime. Home Office