Is Crime Genetic? Scientists Don’t Know Because They’re Afraid to Ask

Not surprising. For right or wrong, any scientific experiment that could possibly be taken as support for 'eugenics' or similar philosophies is basically banned by informal taboo. Likely as a way to deprive extremists of ammunition for their beliefs.

Which is perhaps unfortunate for scientific understanding in some ways.

Is the propensity to write rubbish articles masquerading as science while avoiding all of the important features that make science science and also just happens to support racism heritable?

Maybe we're all to scared to consider phrenology as the answer? There's plenty more 19th century bulls##t we can embarrass ourselves with if we choose too!

Interestingly, I think it's pretty clear that there is a huge level of correlation between crime and gender (which is of course genetic). The stats are just overwhelming. In a world where the purported income gap between men and women attracts a lot of attention, no one ever talks about the crime gap. To what extent can we blame genetics for the male/female crime gap?

Also, can you imagine the outcry if a study came out showing not just a genetic correlation with crime, but also a racial one? Not everyone is so rational - and racist and sexist facts don't seem to be tolerated, even in science.