Behavioural genetics in criminal court

Nicholas Scurich () and Paul S. Appelbaum ()
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Nicholas Scurich: University of California, Irvine
Paul S. Appelbaum: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY State Psychiatric Institute

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 11, 772-774

Abstract: Introduction of genetic evidence of a predisposition to violent or impulsive behaviour is on the rise in criminal trials. However, a panoply of data suggests that such evidence is ineffective at reducing judgements of culpability and punishment, and therefore its use in the legal process is likely to diminish.

Date: 2017
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