GENETICS, ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY, AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Authors
DINWIDDIE SH
Citation
Sh. Dinwiddie, GENETICS, ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY, AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 24(1), 1996, pp. 95-108
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Law
Journal title
Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law → ACNP
ISSN journal
0091634X
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
95 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-634X(1996)24:1<95:GAPACR>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
There is now substantial evidence that heritable biological factors pl ay a role in the genesis of repetitive antisocial behavior. The differ ing conceptual frameworks of behavioral genetics and the law are descr ibed, and the implications that current research in behavioral genetic s may have for assigning responsibility for unlawful behavior are disc ussed.