Criminal Gene

ABC Artcicle, 2003

society

Hitler Youth, 1922 - 1945

SURVEILLANCE + SELECTION = ?

The economist Steven Levitt states that the big drop in crime rates in the 1990s was due to the legalisation of abortion twenty years earlier.

In the light of technological advancement, scientists are now calling for a reassessment on the topic of eugenics.

Can we trust science to shape a better society on neutral ground?

FACTS FROM TODAY

.Citizens from the age of three are monitored for conspicuous behavior.

.DNA samples of 50.000 children are already registered.

.In 2003, British scientists claim to have discovered the “criminal gene”.

.With 4.6 million samples taken, the UK holds the biggest genetic database in the world.