Week Eight - Hysteria About Sex Crimes Flashcards
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According to Shriver, 2015…
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Langstrom et al’s study has sinister implications
‘Pre-Crime’ and Minority Report (Philip K Dick)
Interventions would be stigmatising and insulting (and self-fulfilling?)
Criminality being partially pre-ordained may seem to let culprits off the hook, but it also makes the offending seem ineradicable
What if your DNA is identified as anti-social?
You never finish paying your debt for sex offences: people who are wrong, not who have done wrong
Nature vs nurture debate is artificial
