Genetics as a relevant factor for the purpose of judging criminal imputability. Status of the issue and critical perspective. Considering particularly the Decision of the Trieste Court of Appeals (Italy) of September 18, 2009

The present contribution analyses the relevance of the genetic predispositions in the field of Criminal Law. Its principal effect is basically associated with the sphere of the Insanity Defense, due to the fact that a number of psychiatric alterations or abnormalities relevant for the Insanity Defen...

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Published inRevista de derecho y genoma humano = Law and the human genome review no. 32; p. 165
Main Author Urruela Mora, Asier
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.01.2010
Subjects
Criminal Law
Genetics - legislation & jurisprudence
Genome, Human
Humans
Italy
Liability, Legal
Italy
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Summary:The present contribution analyses the relevance of the genetic predispositions in the field of Criminal Law. Its principal effect is basically associated with the sphere of the Insanity Defense, due to the fact that a number of psychiatric alterations or abnormalities relevant for the Insanity Defense show a genetic basis. This statement has been recently confirmed by new scientific evidences and in the judicial framework by the Sentence of the Court of Appeal of Trieste (Italy) from 18th September 2009 which accepts the genetic characteristics of the defendant as a relevant data in order to cut the sentence given to a person convicted of murder.
ISSN:1134-7198
1134-7198