TY  - BOOK
AU  - Botkin,Jeffrey R.
AU  - Francis,Leslie
AU  - McMahon,William M.
TI  - Genetics and criminality: the potential misuse of scientific information in court
T2  - The law and public policy
SN  - 1557985804
AV  - KF8964 .G4 1999
U1  - 614/.1 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - American Psychological Association
KW  - Forensic genetics
KW  - United States
KW  - Local
KW  - Forensic psychiatry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; I. History of genetic research and the philosophy of free will and determinism. On the threshold : illusion and reality in American psychiatric thought / Gerald N. Grob -- Criminal determinism in twentieth-century America / Edward J. Larson -- "Big ideas, images and distorted facts" : the insanity defense, genetics, and the "political world" / Michael L. Perlin -- The genetics of behavior and concepts of free will and determinism / Dan W. Brock and Allen E. Buchanan -- Genetics, social responsibility, and social practices / Lisa S. Parker -- Natural-born defense attorneys / Robert F. Schopp. II. The complex interface of clinical psychiatry and genetic research. Phenomenology of psychiatric illnesses with special reference to risk of violence and other criminal behavior / Samuel B. Guze -- Genetic research and the clinical subtleties of mental illness / Mark Leppert -- Violence and mental illness : additional complexities / Robert M. Wettstein -- Genetic research on mental disorders / Steven O. Moldin -- New techniques in the genetic analysis of complex illness / Hilary Coon; III. Genetic research in relation to criminal and juvenile law. Criminal responsibility and the "genetics defense" / Rebecca Dresser -- The "genetics defense" : hurdles and pressures / Mary Crossley -- The use of human genome research in criminal defense and mitigation of punishment / Daniel A. Summer -- The "defective gene" defense in criminal cases / Creighton C. Horton II -- Juvenile law and genetics / Mark A. Small -- Juvenile capability and genetics / Jeffrey A. Kovnick. IV. Conclusions and recommendations. A brave new crime-free world? / Mary Coombs -- Criminal law / Leslie Pickering Francis -- The new genetics and juvenile law / William M. McMahon
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