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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)

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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

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