RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Genetics, Antisocial Personality, and Criminal Responsibility
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 95
OP 108
VO 24
IS 1
A1 Stephen H. Dinwiddie
YR 1996
UL http://jaapl.org/content/24/1/95.abstract
AB There is now substantial evidence that heritable biological factors play a role in the genesis of repetitive antisocial behavior. The differing conceptual frameworks of behavioral genetics and the law are described, and the implications that current research in behavioral genetics may have for assigning responsibility for unlawful behavior are discussed.