Genetics, Antisocial Personality, and Criminal Responsibility

Stephen H. Dinwiddie

Genetics, Antisocial Personality, and Criminal Responsibility

Stephen H. Dinwiddie
Stephen H. Dinwiddie
MD

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
March 1996,
24
(1)
95-108;

Abstract

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.

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Genetics, Antisocial Personality, and Criminal Responsibility

Stephen H. Dinwiddie

Stephen H. Dinwiddie

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Mar 1996,

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95-

108;

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Genetics, Antisocial Personality, and Criminal Responsibility

Stephen H. Dinwiddie

Stephen H. Dinwiddie

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Mar 1996,

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95-

108;

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