the notion that genes play an important role in many diseases has been widely accepted, but many find it much harder to acknowledge a similar link with particular behaviour or even predisposition to crime. partly for this reason, the study of behavioural genetics remains a controversial topic, with disagreement not just over the science itself, but even more so about the therapeutic, societal a...

LEONARD VOLE is charged with murdering a rich elderly lady, Miss French. He had befriended her, and visited her regularly at her home, including the night of her death. Miss French had recently changed her will, leaving Vole all her money. She died from a blow to the back of the head. There were various pieces of incriminating evidence: Vole was poor and looking for work; he had visited a trave...

In Alex Proyas’s science fiction movie “I, Robot” (2004) a detective suspects a robot as murderer. This robot is a representative of a new generation of personal assistants that help and entertain people during daily life activities. In opposition to the public opinion the detective proclaimed that the robot is able to follow his own will and is not forced to Isaac Asimov’s three main rules of ...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress, psychosomatic complaints and clinical mental disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are highly prevalent among refugees than other populations. Even though there were several studies done on mental health of refugees globally, there is very few in Ethiopia regarding the mental health of these vulnerable populations. Thus we aimed at de...

Barabbas, unlike Pilate or Judas or even other biblical characters who, like him, are barely mentioned in various Gospel accounts and yet who have received much attention – such as Mary Magdalene or Salome – received little attention before the twentieth century. But since then his ambiguous status as bandit, murderer, or freedom fighter fits in well with the ambiguous positions of art and reli...

Often times in film, houses have been categorized as a part of the set design or production design. They are purposefully furnished and decorated according to the director’s vision. Filmmakers, scholars, and critics recognize the importance of the setting and its decorations. However, let us consider the possibility that a house is more than the set design; it is a character. The characterizati...

4 Utterances and statements concerning obligations and permissions are 5 known as deontic expressions. They can present something of a challenge 6 when it comes to formulating their meaning and behaviour. The content 7 of these expressions can appear to support entailment relations similar to 8 those of classical propositions, but such behaviour can sometimes lead to 9 counter-intuitive outcome...

4 Utterances and statements that are concerned with obligations and per5 missions are known as deontic expressions. They can present something of 6 a challenge when it comes to formalising their meaning and behaviour. The 7 content of these expressions can appear to support entailment relations similar 8 to those of classical propositions, but such behaviour can sometimes lead to 9 counter-intu...

One Sunday morning in May of 2000, a 15-year-old Black youth named Brenton Butler was walking to a video store to apply for a job when he was picked up by police as a possible suspect in a brutal murder that had occurred earlier that morning. Taken back to the motel where the murder had taken place, Butler was positively identified by the murder victim’s husband, James Stevens, who had observed...

■ Good quality IMHA services are easy to find and contact, and have the confidence and trust of the service user. They enable the person to express their views and be active participants in their care and treatment under the Mental Health Act. ■ IMHA services need to be commissioned in an informed way: investment needs to match local need and potential demand, and should be grounded in an under...