The etiology of criminal onset: The enduring salience of nature and nurture |
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Authors: | Matt DeLisi Kevin M. Beaver John Paul Wright Michael G. Vaughn |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Sociology, Iowa State University, 203A East Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1070;bCollege of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127;cDivision of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389;dSchool of Social Work, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63101 |
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Abstract: | Based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the current study was the first to use measures of genetic polymorphisms (DRD2 and DRD4) to empirically examine the onset of crime. Net of the effects of race, age, gender, and low self-control, genetic polymorphisms explained variation in police contacts and arrest, but only among youths in low risk family environments. Moreover, youths with genetic risk factors experienced a later onset than youths without these risk factors. Borrowing from the behavioral and molecular genetics literatures, various interpretations of the findings are discussed as well as a call for increasingly interdisciplinary perspectives in criminology that encompass both sociological and biosocial frameworks. |
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