"Is Crime in the Genes? A Critical Review of Twin and Adoption Studies of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior"
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In this chapter I focus on twin and adoption studies of “criminal,” “antisocial,” and “psychopathic” behavior as examples of how genetic research is used in the study of human behavioral differences. 2 Topics beyond the scope of this chapter include the “XYY” controversy of the 1960s and 1970s, and molecular genetic research. Suffice it to say that, apart from claims made about Brunner and colleagues’ 1993 study of one Dutch family, no genes have been found to cause criminal or antisocial behavior. 3
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