ArticleAggression and violent behavior2013
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Surrounding Research on Genetic Contributions to Anti-Social Behavior.
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- Ethical issues in the use of genetic predictions of aggressive behavior in the criminal justice system: a systematic review.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Case Studies on Dissocial Personality-Bad or Ill?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Potential implications of research on genetic or heritable contributions to pedophilia for the objectives of criminal law.Recent advances in DNA & gene sequences · 2014Article
- The forensic use of behavioral genetics in criminal proceedings: Case of the MAOA-L genotype.International journal of law and psychiatryReview
- Behavioral Genetics in Criminal and Civil Courts.Harvard review of psychiatryReview
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Abstract
Scientific study of genetic contributions to chronic antisocial behavior has stemmed from many lines of research in recent years. Genetic research involving twin, family, and adoption studies have traditionally been used to compare the health and behavior outcomes of individuals who share the same environment or hereditary lineage; several of these studies have concluded that heredity plays some role in the formation of chronic antisocial behavior, including various forms of aggression and chronic norm-defiance. However, the ethical, social, and legal environment surrounding research on the biological contributions to antisocial behavior in the United States is contentious. Although there has been some discussion in the last few decades regarding the ethical, social, and legal concerns around this type of research within academic and policy circles, analysis and discussion of these concerns rarely appear together. This paper explores the main themes that interact to form the basis of much of the resistance to positing biological contributions to antisocial behavior.
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