Watch the following video entitled
Neuroscience and the Psychopath Inside with James Fallon
(Links to an external site.)

On YouTube it’s 50 + mins long

Chapter Three in your text discusses biological factors in criminal behavior. Compare and contrast with what you saw in the video with Chapter Three (role of genetics and biological components of development). After reading the book and watching the video do you believe that genetics and biological factors may be in part responsible for criminal behavior. Explain which crimes you feel they may be a factor and if a genetic or biological explanation could be used as a defense in a trial. Also note whether or not you knew the role of genetics and biology in the role of criminal behavior.

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