Genetics and criminal behavior
by Wachbroit, Robert Samuel Wasserman, David T.
In this 2001 volume a group of leading philosophers address some of the basic conceptual, methodological and ethical issues raised by genetic research into criminal behavior. The essays explore the complexities of tracing any genetic influence on criminal, violent or antisocial behavior; the varieties of interpretations to which evidence of such influences is subject; and the relevance of such influences to the moral and legal appraisal of criminal conduct. The distinctive features of this coll…
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- Full title :Genetics and criminal behavior / edited by David Wasserman, Robert Wachbroit.
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In this 2001 volume a group of leading philosophers address some of the basic conceptual, methodological and ethical issues raised by genetic research into criminal behavior. The essays explore the complexities of tracing any genetic influence on criminal, violent or antisocial behavior; the varieties of interpretations to which evidence of such influences is subject; and the relevance of such influences to the moral and legal appraisal of criminal conduct. The distinctive features of this collection are: first, that it advances public discussion while clarifying the debate about genetic research and criminal behavior; second, that it explains scientific controversies about behavioral genetics in lucid, non-technical terms; third, that it demonstrates how the possible findings on genetics and crime bear on fundamental issues of moral and criminal responsibility. The volume will be of particular value to philosophers concerned with applied ethics (especially bioethics), behavioral geneticists, psychologists, legal theorists, and criminologists.
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- Publication Date:2001
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xi, 335 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781139173162, 1139173162, 9780521622141, 052162214X, 9780521627283, 0521627281
- DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139173162
- oclc:ocn967399410
- LC Classification:RC455.4.G4
- Dewey Decimal:616.89/042
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