20th Annual IBA Transnational Crime Conference
17 May - 19 May 2017
Session information
Mad or bad? Exploring approaches across jurisdictions to ethical and practical questions surrounding genetic predisposition to crime and diminished capacity
Thursday 18 May (1130 - 1300)
Committee(s)
Criminal Law Committee
(Lead)
Criminal Law Section
(Lead)
European Regional Forum
(Lead)
Description
This panel will discuss the different legal and practical approaches to these questions. Topics will include: • The practical and ethical implications of recent scientific findings associating certain genes with violent crime • The workings of traditional diminished capacity defences (including, cross-jurisdictional issues in cases involving extradition) • The realities of asserting a successful lack of capacity defence • Attitudes toward alcohol and drug induced states in diminished capacity cases • Socially constructed diminished capacity defences (eg, the recent affluenza case in the US)
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Emily Maxwell | Ughi e Nunziante, Milan, Italy; Website Officer, Business Crime Committee |
Speakers
| Blair Berk | Tarlow & Berk, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Paulo Farinha Alves | PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Dina Mahdi | Hadef & Partners, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Adrian Waterman KC | Matrix Law, London, England |