HEREDITY AND CRIME: BAD GENES OR BAD RESEARCH?*

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THE YOUNG DELINQUENT

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A NORWEGIAN TWIN STUDY OF CRIMINALITY*

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Criminality and Delinquency in Twins

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Psychiatric Illnesses in the Families of Female Criminals: A Study of 288 First-Degree Relatives

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A STUDY OF 50 CASES OF PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

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A STUDY OF ADOPTED CHILDREN, THEIR BACK‐GROUND, ENVIRONMENT AND ADJUSTMENT

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Genetics and Criminal Behavior Evidence Through the End of the 1970s

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Crime in a Danish Twin Population

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Personality and genetic similarity theory

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A profile for change

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Urban Environment, Genetics, and Crime

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Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations