Genetics and Criminal Behavior [Paperback]

Leading philosophers address some of the basic issues raised by genetic research into criminal behavior.In this volume a group of leading philosophers address some of the basic conceptual, methodological and ethical issues raised by genetic research into criminal behavior, issues that have been largely ignored in the public debate on this subject. Advancing public discussion while clarifying the debate about genetic research and criminal behavior, this volume explains scientific controversies about behavioral genetics in lucid, non-technical terms.The volume will be of particular value to philosophers concerned with applied ethics (especially bioethics), behavioral geneticists, psychologists, legal theorists, and criminologists.In this volume a group of leading philosophers address some of the basic conceptual, methodological and ethical issues raised by genetic research into criminal behavior, issues that have been largely ignored in the public debate on this subject. Advancing public discussion while clarifying the debate about genetic research and criminal behavior, this volume explains scientific controversies about behavioral genetics in lucid, non-technical terms.The volume will be of particular value to philosophers concerned with applied ethics (especially bioethics), behavioral geneticists, psychologists, legal theorists, and criminologists.This volume brings together a group of essays by leading philosophers of science, ethicists, and legal scholars, commissioned for an important and controversial conference on genetics and crime. The essays address basic conceptual, methodological, and ethical issues raised by genetic research on criminal behavior but largely ignored in the public debate. They explore the complexities in tracing any genetic influence on criminal, violent, or antisocial behavior, the varieties of interpretation to which evidence of such influences is subject, and the relevance of such influences to the moral and legal appraisal of crimls