A leading German neurologist believes he has found an ‘evil patch’ in the brains of violent criminals.

Having spent years analysing the brains of convicted offenders for the German government, Dr Gerhard Roth now claims brain scans of rapists and murderers reveal a dark mass between the two frontal lobes.

Dr Roth, who is a leading voice in Germany’s sentencing reform debate, believes the dark patch in the brain is so closely associated with violent crime that it could theoretically be used to spot and stop those inclined to violence long before they ever commit a crime.

He says: “When I will look at young people, and I see there are developmental disorders in the lower forehead brain, I can say that there is a felon in the making with 66 per cent probability…It is easy to spot this anti-social behaviour from very early on.”

And a 66% hit rate...when labeling someone a potential rapist/murderer...

There was an American Scientist who's already done this Jim Fallon who found he had the brain activity profile of a psychopath himself, he shows that if you don't have the wrong upbringing, or negative social relations and experiences in life you won't be a murderer.

I think you're right to watch out for people who attribute behavior exclusively to genetics, it's a bit Hitlery.

I'm sure there are good Germans, who aren't sinister scientists, or Nazis.

Seriously..