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“Genes Made Me Do It”: The Appeal of Biological Explanations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Dorothy Nelkin
Affiliation:
New York University, USA
M. Susan Lindee
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Symposium: Genetics and Crime
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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