Citation

Scurich N, Appelbaum PS. Nat. Hum. Behav. 2017; 1: 772-774.

Affiliation

Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, & Law, Director, Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Director, Center for Research on Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Mailing Address: NY State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 122, New York, NY 10032, (phone) 646-774-8630.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/s41562-017-0212-4

PMID

29250604

PMCID

PMC5730091

Abstract

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

Language: en