AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program

Behavioral Genetics Project

Additional Resources

This list is intended to provide some additional information on organizations, projects and publications related to issues surrounding behavioral genetics. Neither the AAAS nor The Hastings Center is responsible for the availability or content of these external sites; nor do they necessarily endorse or warrant the information or services described or offered at these sites.

Organizations

• Behavioral Genetics Association
• The Human Genome Project has a section on their Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Program, which includes a behavioral genetics page with general information and links to resources, sites and references.
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics
• International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
  

Educational Centers and Research Programs

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University has information on their Bioethics coursework, research and references.

Publications, Websites, and Additional Reading

• Virtual Library on Genetics, U.S. Department of Energy
• The DNA Files features public radio documentaries on genetics, including one entitled "Genes and Behavior," as well as interactive ethical scenarios related to genetic issues.
• Essays from leading philosophers, ethicists and legal scholars address issues raised by genetic research on criminal behavior in Genetics and Criminal Behavior (David Wasserman and Robert Wachbroit, eds., (Cambridge and NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001)).
• National Institute of Mental Health, Introduction to the Comples Genetics of Mental Disorders
• New Republic Online article in two parts by Francis S. Collins et al. addressing behavioral genetics: "Have No Fear. Genes Aren't Everything. Heredity and Humanity. (1, 2)"
• Behavior Genetics, an international journal devoted to research in the inheritance of behavior.
• Behavioral Genetics '97: ASHG Statement
• Behavioral Genetics (American Psychological Association)
• Our Genes/ Our Choices is part of a three-part PBS series, the third of which, Genes On Trial: Genetics, Behavior, & the Law, examines--using the Fred Friendly format--the social, ethical, and legal dilemmas surrounding genetic research, as well as examines the limits of personal responsibility.