Genetics and criminal behaviour: recent accomplishments

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Lagoa, A (Autor) Outra; Santos A (Autor) FMUP; Pinheiro, MF (Autor) Outra; Teresa Magalhães (Autor) FMUP

Revista

Título: Medicine, Science and the Law

Vol. 49

Páginas: 274-282

ISSN: 0025-8024

Editora: SAGE

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citações

Scopus - 5 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-FHJ

DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.49.4.274

Abstract (EN): The past two decades have seen an explosion in research in the fields of violence and behavioural genetics. Advances in human genetics have raised the possibility that genetic mechanisms can explain various aspects of human criminal and aggressive behaviour. However, this new knowledge can pose enormous challenges concerning the moral and legal conceptions of free will and responsibility. This paper reviews the main aspects of behavioural genetics, focusing on criminal and aggressive behaviour and describes the most important genes known to influence this behaviour.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 9