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Behavioral genetics : the clash of culture and biology / edited by Ronald A. Carson and Mark A. Rothstein.

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TextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999Description: xiii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0801860695
9780801860690

Other title:

Behavioural genetics
Behavioural genetics : The clash of culture and biology

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DDC classification:

616.89042 21

LOC classification:

QH457 .B44 1999

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Contents:

Amazing grace: sources of phenotype variation in genetic boosterism / Allan J. Tobin -- In the mainstream: research in behavioral genetics / David C. Rowe and Kristen C. Jacobson -- Identifying the molecular genetic basis of behavioral traits / Stephanie L. Sherman and Irwin D. Waldman -- Complexity and research strategies in behavioral genetics / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Behavioral genetic determinism: its effects on culture and law / Mark A. Rothstein -- Predicting and punishing antisocial acts: how the criminal justice system might use behavioral genetics / Lori B. Andrews -- Behavioral genetics and dismantling the welfare state / Dorothy Nelkin -- The social consequences of genetic disclosure / Troy Duster -- The fate of the responsible self in a genetic age / Ronald A. Carson.

Summary: "Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein bring together well-known experts from the fields of genetics, ethics, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and law to address the cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. The authors discuss a broad range of topics, including the ethical questions arising from gene therapy and screening, molecular research in psychiatry, and the legal ramifications and social consequences of behavioral genetic information. Throughout, they focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good."--Publisher description.

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"Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein bring together well-known experts from the fields of genetics, ethics, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and law to address the cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. The authors discuss a broad range of topics, including the ethical questions arising from gene therapy and screening, molecular research in psychiatry, and the legal ramifications and social consequences of behavioral genetic information. Throughout, they focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good."--Publisher description.

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