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Apologies for yet another post from Sunday's Oberver, but I'm a slow reader and thought this piece might be worthy of mention. It's about the science of criminal investigation and how it's heading towards some sort of science fictional dystopia. Some might call it a forensic approach, whilst others might call it a modern witch hunt. It's about the idea that you can use brain scans and genetic information about a person to predict if they're likely to become a murderer, and at least part of it is based on the fact that "98.1 per cent of death row inmates carry these genes", which is actually pretty damning if true. The inference is that this information could be used to identify such people and intervene before they commit such a crime.
I'm personally not sure if that's something to feel good or bad about.
linky: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/12/how-to-spot-a-murderers-brain
I'm personally not sure if that's something to feel good or bad about.
linky: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/12/how-to-spot-a-murderers-brain