Research Catalog

Title

Genetics of criminal and antisocial behaviour.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bock, Gregory.
• Goode, Jamie.
• Symposium on Genetics of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour (1995 : Ciba Foundation)

Description

viii, 283 p. [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map,; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 194

Uniform Title

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 194.

Subjects

• Crime
• Congress
• Social Behavior Disorders > genetics
• Behavior genetics > Congresses
• Criminal behavior > Genetic aspects > Congresses
• Genetics, Behavioral
• Antisocial personality disorders > Genetic aspects > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Based on the Symposium on Genetics of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, Feb. 14-16, 1995.
• Editors: Gregory R. Bock and Jamie A. Goode.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction: concepts of antisocial behaviour, of cause and of genetic influences / Michael Rutter -- Issues in the search for candidate genes in mice as potential animal models of human aggression / S. C. Maxson -- Aggression from a developmental perspective: genes, environments and interactions / R. B. Cairns -- A twin study of self-reported criminal behaviour / M. J. Lyons -- Heterogeneity among juvenile antisocial behaviours: findings from the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioural Development / J. Silberg, J. Meyer, A. Pickles, E. Simonoff, L. Eaves, J. Hewitt, H. Maes and M. Rutter -- Predisposition to criminality: Swedish adoption studies in retrospect / M. Bohman -- Assessing the role of genetics in crime using adoption cohorts / P. A. Brennan, S. A. Mednick and B. Jacobsen -- Direct analysis of candidate genes in impulsive behaviours / D. Goldman, J. Lappalainen and N. Ozaki -- MAOA deficiency and abnormal behaviour: perspectives on an association / H. G. Brunner --
• Serotonin in alcoholic violent offenders / M. Virkkunen, D. Goldman and M. Linnoila -- Evolutionary adaptationism: another biological approach to criminal and antisocial behaviour / M. Daly -- Chronic problems in understanding tribal violence and warfare / N. A. Chagnon -- The implications for responsibility of possible genetic factors in the explanation of violence / J. Glover -- Legal implications of genetics and crime research / D. W. Denno -- Concluding remarks / Michael Rutter.

ISBN

0471957194

LCCN

95031427

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries