Individuals taht indulge in sociopathic, criminal, and antisocial behavior--nature or nurture?

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INDIVIDUALS THAT INDULGE IN SOCIOPATHIC , CRIMINAL , AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR - NATURE OR NURTURE

INTRODUCTION

The controversy between nature and nurture as related to the human behavior can be dated back to the 13th century and from that time there has been continued debate regarding the source of human personality . The debate is based on issue of whether the human personality develops from inheritance (nature ) or from the environment in which human beings are raised (nurture . Due to the above controversy there has been

a lot of research carried out and this has resulted to the belief held by most people today that the human personality is influenced by both the nature and nurture . This belief has been known as `interactionism ' and scholars in most of the fields believe in the concept

Adoption , Twin and family Studies

A great debate between researchers has come up regarding the outcomes of families , adoption and birth of twins . Some researchers argue that there is a genetic basis to criminal behavior while others argue that there is no enough evidence in the cases of adoption , twin births and family status to show that genes play a crucial role in the development of antisocial or criminal traits . Twin studies are conducted to compare the rates of criminal behavior among identical twins and fraternal twins so as to study the role played by genes and environmental influences on the behavior of an individual . According to Joseph , 2001 , there is a high degree of...