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New Statesman | Why are we so desperate to find a genetic explanation for sex offenders?

13 April, 201523 February, 2017 ~ Sarah Ditum

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The research into the so-called “nonce gene” disintegrates under any kind scrutiny at all. Why do we want to believe in it?

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I’m a columnist, critic and feature writer with bylines at the New Statesman, the Guardian, the Spectator, the Independent, Eurogamer, Stylist, Grazia, Elle and more. Regular TV and radio appearances, including Newsnight and Today. Available for teaching and talks. Anti-fun feminist. Represented by Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedman.

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