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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455059303321

Autore

Carson Ronald A

Titolo

Behavioral Genetics [[electronic resource] ] : The Clash of Culture and Biology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-8018-7492-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RothsteinMark A

Disciplina

616.89/042

Soggetti

Behavior genetics

Genetics -- Sociological aspects

Biology

Health & Biological Sciences

Genetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotypic Variation in Genetic Boosterism; 2 In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics; 3 Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits; 4 Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics; 5 Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law; 6 Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics; 7 Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State; 8 The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure

9 The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic AgeIndex