TY - JOUR
T1 - Genes and antisocial behavior
T2 - Perceived versus real threats to jurisprudence
AU - Carey, Gregory
AU - Gottesman, Irving I.
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - Separating wheat from chaff in regard to the hyperbole surrounding media coverage about genes for violence, born killers, et cetera provides a launch pad for two experienced behavioral geneticists who have conducted research on aggression and crime with twins, families, and adoptees to provide an essay on the facts and limitations of current knowledge; they conclude that any current threats to jurisprudence lie in perception rather than in empirical facts.
AB - Separating wheat from chaff in regard to the hyperbole surrounding media coverage about genes for violence, born killers, et cetera provides a launch pad for two experienced behavioral geneticists who have conducted research on aggression and crime with twins, families, and adoptees to provide an essay on the facts and limitations of current knowledge; they conclude that any current threats to jurisprudence lie in perception rather than in empirical facts.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2006.00039.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2006.00039.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16789955
AN - SCOPUS:33745305094
SN - 1073-1105
VL - 34
SP - 342
EP - 351
JO - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
JF - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
IS - 2
ER -