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Edited by Jeffrey R. Botkin, William M. McMahon, and Leslie Pickering Francis. 290 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association, 1999. $39.95. ISBN 1-55798-580-4.

Over the past few years, genetic research has produced rudimentary data on a possible direct connection between genetic makeup and major psychiatric illnesses (or traits such as impulsivity). These early findings may eventually have implications for diagnosis, treatment, and genetic counseling, but they also raise the issue of genetic determinism.

In our legal system, criminal responsibility depends on the assumption of the individual person's capacity to choose his or her behavior freely. Circumstances that interfere with free will, including juvenile status or insanity (a major mental illness interfering with the ability to know right from wrong), have traditionally been reasons . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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