GENETICS AND CRIME - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINOLOGY, 2D - PROCEEDINGS, 1975

• NCJ Number: 36892
• Author(s): G KAISER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: International Ctre for Biological and Medico-Forensic Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Brazil

Annotation

THIS PAPER PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDIES AND RESEARCH DONE ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF GENETIC FACTORS TO CRIME, FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO THE PRESENT.

Abstract

AMONG THE SPECIFIC TOPICS EXAMINED ARE THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS TO CRIMINALITY, EXISTING RESEARCH ON DISCOVERING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 'BORN CRIMINAL', AND THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ATTEMPTING TO USE EUGENIC TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE CRIME.