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Published on: May 21, 2020
Genetics and criminal responsibility
1University of Pennsylvania Law School, Psychiatry Department and Center for Neuroscience and Society, 3400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204, USA. smorse@law.upenn.edu
Abstract:
Some believe that genetics threatens privacy and autonomy and will eviscerate the concept of human nature. Despite the astonishing research advances, however, none of these dire predictions and no radical transformation of the law have occurred. Advocates have tried to use genetic evidence to affect judgments of criminal responsibility. At present, however genetic research can provide little aid to assessments of criminal responsibility and it does not suggest a radical critique of responsibility.
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