Allan McCay (University of Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Foundation Program), in collaboration with Christopher Lean (University of Sydney), has conducted an interview which addresses the possibility that the prosecution in a sentencing matter might want to use evidence of the genetic profiles of family members of an offender, obtained from a genetic genealogy database, in order to show that the offender probably has a genetic predisposition to aggression/ impulsivity. McCay considers the possibility that courts might try to make use of this evidence in order to mount an argument that an offender is dangerous and requires a longer sentence.
The interview thus considers how big data and behavioural genetics might converge to create strange problems for the court in a sentencing matter.
Listen to the interview here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/programs/focus/genetic-data-privacy/12247658
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