Genetics of criminal and antisocial behaviour.

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1996.

viii, 283 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

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.

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 / Stephen C. Maxson -- Aggression from a developmental perspective : genes, environments and interactions / Robert B. Cairns -- A twin study of self-reported criminal behaviour / Michael J. Lyons -- Heterogeneity among juvenile antisocial behaviours : findings from the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioural Development / Judy Silberg ... [et al.] -- Predisposition to criminality : Swedish adoption studies in retrospect / Michael Bohman -- Assessing the role of genetics in crime using adoption cohorts / Patricia A. Brennan, Sarnoff A. Mednick and Bjorn 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 / Han G. Brunner -- Serotonin in alcoholic violent offenders / Matti Virkkunen, David Goldman and Markku Linnoila -- Evolutionary adaptationism : another biological approach to criminal and antisocial behaviour / Martin Daly -- Chronic problems in understanding tribal violence and warfare / Napoleon A. Chagnon -- The implications for responsibility of possible genetic factors in the explanation of violence / Jonathan Glover -- Legal implications of genetics and crime research / Deborah W. Denno.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.