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Wrestling with behavioral genetics : science, ethics, and public conversation / edited by Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, and Nancy Press. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - xxxv, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Behavior: its nature and nurture, part 1 / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Behavior: its nature and nurture, part 2 / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Whither human behavioral genetics? / Jonathan Beckwith -- Mobiles: a gloomy view of research into complex human traits / Eric Turkheimer -- Using genetics to understand human behavior: promises and risks / Steven E. Hyman -- Social construction and medicalization: behavioral genetics in context / Nancy Press -- Behavioral genetics and explanations of the link between crime, violence, and race / Troy Duster -- Impulsivity, responsibility, and criminal law / Harold Edgar -- Behavioral genetics and equality / Dan W. Brock -- Behavioral genetics and moral responsibility / Gregory E. Kaebnick -- Normality and the significance of difference / Robert Wachbroit -- Creating public conversation about behavioral genetics / Leonard Fleck -- Laypeople and behavioral genetics / Celeste Condit, Roxanne Parrott, and Tina Harris -- Behavioral genetics and the media / Rick Weiss.

ISBN: 0801882249 (alk. paper) 9780801882241 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005006475

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA595082 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101242804 DNLM 013332574 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Behavior genetics--Popular works.

LC Class. No.: QH457 / .W747 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 155.7

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2006 B-552 QH 457 / W945 2006