Appelbaum Paul S
NY State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 122, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Neuron. 2014 Jun 4;82(5):946-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.026.
Data on neuropsychiatric and behavioral genetics have attracted legal interest, as attorneys explore their use in criminal and civil cases. These developments may assist judges and juries in making difficult judgments-but they bring substantial risk of misinterpretation and misuse.
神经精神病学和行为遗传学的数据引起了法律界的关注,因为律师们在探索将其用于刑事和民事案件。这些进展可能有助于法官和陪审团做出艰难的判决——但它们也带来了被误解和滥用的巨大风险。