According to the BBC, tens of thousands of teenagers in the UK have been genetically profiled.
The government has defended storing the DNA profiles of about 24,000 children and young people aged 10 to 18.
The youngsters' details are held on the UK database, despite them never having been cautioned, charged or convicted of an offence...
With regard to profiling the populace at large:
The Home Office announced earlier this month that 7% of the UK population would be on the database in two years' time. It is already the biggest in the world and has so far cost £300m.
Just over 5% of UK residents currently have their DNA profile held, compared with an EU average of 1.13% and 0.5% in the US.
As stated before, there's a clear advantage to having the DNA of family members on hand. Aside from victim identification, there's also offender identification.
Police can now track down offenders by matching samples with other family members who may be on the database.
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