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Inherited proclivity: When should neurogenetics mitigate moral culpability for purposes of sentencing?

Certain genes and neurobiology (‘neurogenetics’) may predispose some people to violent behavior. Increasingly, defendants introduce neurogenetic evidence as a mitigating factor during criminal sentencing. Identifying the cause of a criminal act, biological or otherwise, does not necessarily preclude...

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Autor principal: Segal, J Bradley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5033442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27774246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw005