Genetics of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour - Symposium No. 194

294 Pages·1996·16.46 MB·English

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GENETICS OF
CRIMINAL AND
ANTISOCIAL
BEHAVIOUR
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Ciba Foundation Symposium 194
GENETICS OF
CRIMINAL AND
ANTISOCIAL
B E H A V I O U R
1996
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Genetics of criminal and antisocial behaviour.
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Based on the Symposium on Genetics of Criminal and Antisocial
Behaviour, held at the Ciba Foundation, London. Feb. 14-16, 1995.
Editors: Gregory R. Bock and Jamie A. Goode.
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ISBN 0 47 I 9.57 19 4 (alk. paper)
I. Criminal behavior-Genetic aspects-Congresses. 2. Antisocial
personality disorders-Genetic aspects-Congresses. 3. Behavioral
genetics-Congresses. I. Bock, Gregory. 11. Goode, Jamie.
111. Symposium on Genetics of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour
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Contents
Symposium on Genetics of criminal and antisocial behaviour, held at the Ciba
Foundation, London 14-16 February 1995
Editors: Gregory R. Bock (Organizer) and Jamie A. Goode
Sir Michael Rutter Introduction: concepts of antisocial behaviour, of cause
and of genetic influences 1
Discussion 15
S. C. Maxson Issues in the search for candidate genes in mice as potential
animal models of human aggression 21
Discussion 30
General discussion I 36
R. B. Cairns Aggression from a developmental perspective: genes,
environments and interactions 45
Discussion 57
M. J. Lyons A twin study of self-reported criminal behaviour 61
Discussion 70
J. Silberg, J. Meyer, A. Pickles, E. Simonoff, L. Eaves, J. Hewitt, H. Maes
and M. Rutter Heterogeneity among juvenile antisocial behaviours:
findings from the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioural
Development 76
Discussion 86
General discussion I1 93
M. Bohman Predisposition to criminality: Swedish adoption studies in
retrospect 99
Discussion 109
P. A. Brennan, S. A. Mednick and B. Jacobsen Assessing the role of genetics
in crime using adoption cohorts 115
Discussion 123
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General discussion I11 129
D. Goldman, J. Lappalainen and N. Ozaki Direct analysis of candidate genes
in impulsive behaviours 139
Discussion 152
H. G. Brunner MAOA deficiency and abnormal behaviour: perspectives on
an association 155
Discussion 164
M. Virkkunen, D. Goldman and M. Linnoila Serotonin in alcoholic violent
offenders 168
Discussion 177
M. Daly Evolutionary adaptationism: another biological approach to
criminal and antisocial behaviour 183
Discussion 192
General discussion IV 196
N. A. Chagnon Chronic problems in understanding tribal violence and
warfare 202
Discussion 232
J. Glover The implications for responsibility of possible genetic factors in the
explanation of violence 237
Discussion 243
D. W. Denno Legal implications of genetics and crime research 248
Discussion 256
Sir Michael Rutter Concluding remarks 265
Index of contributors 272
Subject index 274
Participants
R. Bartlett Nuffield Council on Bioethics, The Nuffield Foundation,
28 Bedford Square, London WClB 3EG, UK
T. J. Bouchard Jr Minnesota Center for Twin & Adoption Research,
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Elliott Hall,
75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344, USA
M. Bohman Hogbergsgatan 40A, S-11826 Stockholm, Sweden
H. G. Brunner Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital,
Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein 20, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen,
The Netherlands
R. B. Cairns University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 521 S. Greensboro
Street, Suite 203, CB# 8115, Sheryl-Mar Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599,
USA
G. Carey Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado,
Campus Box 447, Boulder, CO 80309-0447, USA
M. Carlier URA 1294 CNRS, GCnCtique NeurogCnCtique et Comportement,
UFR Biom dicale, Universitk Paris V, 45 rue des Saints-PGres, 75270 Paris
Cedex 06, France
M. Daly Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada L85 4K1
D. Denno Law School, Fordham University, 140 West 62nd Street,
New York, NY 10023, USA
J. Glover New College, Oxford OX1 3BN, UK
D. Goldman Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIAAA/National Institutes of
Health, 12501 Washington Avenue, Room 2, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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viii Participants
I. Gottesman Department of Psychology, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
A. Heath Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of
Medicine, 4940 Children’s Place, St Louis, MO 631 10, USA
R. A. Hinde St John’s College, Cambridge CB2 ITP, UK
M. J. Lyons Psychiatry Service 116A, Brockton VAMC, 940 Belmont Street,
Brockton, MA 02401, USA
S. C. Maxson Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
CT 06269, USA
S. A. Mednick Center for Longitudinal Research, University of Southern
California, Social Science Research Institute, Denney Research Building,
Rm 128, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1 11 1, USA
R. Plomin Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre,
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
D. C. Rowe Division of Family Studies, FCR Room 210, The University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Sir Michael Rutter (Chairman) Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of
Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
J. L. Silberg Department of Human Genetics,Virginia Commonwealth
University, POB 3, MCV Station, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
W. Slutske (Ciba Foundation Bursar) Department of Psychiatry, Washington
University School of Medicine, 4940 Children’s Place, St Louis, MO 63 110,
USA
P. Taylor Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry,
De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
M. Virkkunen Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki,
Lapinlahdentie, SF-001 80 Helsinki, Finland
I. Waldman Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta,
GA 30322, USA