Behavioral genetics and the punishment of crime

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-27

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD ABUSE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XYY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OFFENDER; PROMOTER REGION; PUNISHMENT; SHORT SURVEY; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; GENETIC DETERMINISM; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PUNISHMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 11844263335     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.25     Document Type: Short Survey

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