Misinformation, Misrepresentation, and Misuse of Human Behavioral Genetics Research.
Part of a special issue on the impact of behavioral genetics on the criminal law. The writer examines some of the limits of human behavioral genetics research, focusing in particular on how these limits affect the reasonableness of the interpretations and uses of the research results. He observes...
| Publicado en: | Law & Contemporary Problems Vol. 69; no. 1/2; pp. 47 - 81 |
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Duke University
Winter/Spring2006
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| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on the impact of behavioral genetics on the criminal law. The writer examines some of the limits of human behavioral genetics research, focusing in particular on how these limits affect the reasonableness of the interpretations and uses of the research results. He observes that despite huge improvements in the techniques used by human behavioral genetics research, mis- or overinterpreting the results of particular research projects, especially those seen as having public policy or other social implications, remains all too easy. |
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