Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Drugs cure hope for violent thugs: "FIONA MACGREGOR
DRUGS could be used to help 'cure' violent criminals instead of sending them to prison, scientists said today.
By studying how genes influence aggressive behaviour in mice and monkeys, researchers believe medicines could be developed to treat the 'bad' or aggressive genes in humans.
United States academic, Professor Donald Pfaff, said research shows conventional, 'good old-fashioned punishment' does not work. "
