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86 Ky. L.J. 303 (1997-1998)
The Criminal Law Implications of the Human Genome Project: Reimagining a Genetically Oriented Criminal Justice System

handle is hein.journals/kentlj86 and id is 313 raw text is: The Criminal Law Implications of the Human Genome Project: Reimagining a Genetically Oriented Criminal Justice System BY STEVEN I. FRIEDLAND** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 304 II. BACKGROUND ....................................... 311 A. Genetics ........................................ 311 B. Potential Applications of the Genetic Discoveries ........ 314 1. Gene Therapy ................................. 314 2. Gene Transfers ................................ 315 3. Gene Screening ............................... 316 C. The Ethical and Social Implications of the Human Genome Initiative ................................. 317 1. New Frontiers ................................. 317 2. The Eugenics Movement ......................... 320 3. Science and Popular Culture ..................... 321 III. REIMAGINING THE CRIMINAL LAW - CREATING A GENETICALLY ORIENTED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ........ 324 A. The Traditional Conception of the Criminal Law ........ 324 B. The Social Construction ofthe Criminal Law ........... 327 C. The Reconstruction of a Genetically Enhanced Criminal Justice System .................................... 329 1. Major Shift: Propensity Determinism . .......... 331 2. Genetic Propensities and the Criminally Inclined .. 334 3. Subsidiary Effects ofPropensity Determinism ........ 335 Copyright © 1998. All Rights Reserved. The author would like to thank Cameron Fogel for his assistance with this Article. Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University Law Center. LL.M. 1994, Columbia University; J.D. 1981, Harvard University.