Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology [1 ed.] 9780801860690, 0801860695

This book provides a very useful introduction to key debates in and about behavioral genetics. A nice range of topics an

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Table of contents :
Behavioral Genetics- The Clash of Culture and Biology......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contributors......Page 16
1. Amazing Grace......Page 19
2. In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics 12......Page 30
3. Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits 35......Page 53
4. Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetic 61......Page 79
5. Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law 89......Page 107
6. Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics 116......Page 134
7. Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State 156......Page 174
8. The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure 172......Page 190
9. The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic Age 189......Page 207
Index 201......Page 219

Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology [1 ed.]
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