Criminal behavior

There have been many adoption studies that have been done which have evaluated the links among adopted children and criminal behavior to determine whether genetics can be complete to cause a person’s criminal behavior. The study of adoption has examined the biological parent and the adopted parent to compare the factors of environment that can affect criminal behavior. Many studies that were done in the beginning were done on the children that were adopted from incarcerated women, most of the proof showed that many of the children were born from incarcerated women, and that they had a much higher rates of criminal sentences as adults than for the ones that were not born from incarcerated women. 

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In this essay the link between criminal behavior and genetics will be discussed. Also in this paper the discussion on how crime, twin studies, adoption studies, and testosterone studies are linked to genetics will be discussed. This essay will show some of the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence that is linked to genetics and crime. I will also be giving my feelings on whether or not I agree with police departments using these findings, or if they should dismiss such findings.