PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Dinwiddie, Stephen H. TI - Genetics, Antisocial Personality, and Criminal Responsibility DP - 1996 Mar 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 95--108 VI - 24 IP - 1 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/24/1/95.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/24/1/95.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1996 Mar 01; 24 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.