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This 13 page paper traces the connections, if any, between genetics and criminal behavior; asking if a tendency toward criminal behavior is inherited? If so, what can (or should) be done about it? Bibliography lists 7 sources
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genetics and criminal behavior; that is, is a tendency toward criminal behavior inherited? If so, what can (or should) be done about it? We begin with childhood. Childhood
Externalizing Behavior "Externalizing behavior" as we would suppose is opposed to "internalizing behavior" and refers to such things as aggression, hyperactivity and delinquency (Liu, 2004). These behaviors are "manifested
in childrens outward behavior and reflect the child negatively acting on the external environment" (Liu, 2004, p. 93). Other terms for this type of behavior are "conduct problems, antisocial
and undercontrolled" (Liu, 2004, p. 93). Children who develop internalizing behavior problems exhibit traits that affect their "internal psychological development"; terms for this include "overcontrolled" and "neurotic" (Liu,
2004). These two concepts (externalizing and internalizing) cannot be completely divorced from one another, since a child who exhibits internalizing behavior problems can also affect his outward environment adversely,
especially his relationship with others (Liu, 2004). Likewise, a child who exhibits externalizing behaviors may suffer psychologically as well (Liu, 2004). Liu writes that "[T]he terms externalizing behavior problems
and antisocial are almost synonymous" (Liu, 2004, p. 93). But at times distinctions are made between the two; particularly since "some researchers view externalizing behavior [as] ... a less
severe form of antisocial behavior" (Liu, 2004, p. 93). Externalizing behavior can also include hyperactivity, and many hyperactive children are not antisocial (Liu, 2004). There is also some
debate as to whether "oppositional defiant disorder" (negative, defiant and/or hostile behavior to parents, teachers and other adults) is a valid category of externalizing behavior, since it tends to occur
early in childhood, and "these early behavior problems are generally less serious than aggression and delinquency and are viewed as the forerunner of more serious externalizing disorders such as conduct
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