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> Have you considered the fact that practically everyone who commits these kinds of crimes had similar things done to them; often as children, often by relative
by SamReidHughes 8y ago
> Have you considered the fact that practically everyone who commits these kinds of crimes had similar things done to them; often as children, often by relatives?
The connection between child abuse and adult criminality has been studied with twin studies. Genetic confounding plays the starring role.
> But pretending that some are evil
Try again. You're pretending there aren't evil, broken people out there.
- sifoobar 8y agoYou can't separate human behavior from environment, period. They've found genes that sort of predict violent behavior, but only if the person carrying the gene is subjected to abuse; which means that the gene probably predicts higher sensitivity to abuse rather than a violent nature. You're pretending that labeling some people evil because they have the wrong genetics is a solution, it isn't.