Predisposed to be a Criminal?

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This article discusses the interaction between genes, the environment and the impact they have on criminal behavior. In the article the researchers discusses three different ways in which psychologists have researched whether or not humans can be predisposed to commit a crime. Researchers looked at Twin Studies, Adoption Studies, and Family Studies. Researchers also looked at the different neurochemicals that interact with the environment which can cause the predisposition. A  lot of the information in this article was more biologically based once I got into the reading but overall it was very interesting. 


http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/jones.html


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