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Genetics and Criminal Behavior

By David Wasserman , Robert Wachbroit

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
052162214X, 9780521622141
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20426203 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
Edition
1
Pages
348\349
Time added
2016-11-07 05:19:23
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Description

This volume brings together a group of essays by leading philosophers of science, ethicists, and legal scholars, commissioned for an important and controversial conference on genetics and crime. The essays address basic conceptual, methodological, and ethical issues raised by genetic research on criminal behavior but largely ignored in the public debate. They explore the complexities in tracing any genetic influence on criminal, violent, or antisocial behavior, the varieties of interpretation to which evidence of such influences is subject, and the relevance of such influences to the moral and legal appraisal of criminal conduct. The volume provides a critical overview of the assumptions, methods, and findings of recent behavioral genetics.

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