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Biomedical Problems in Juvenile Delinquency: Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment

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Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention

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Students of crime have always been interested in the physical characteristics of criminals. Looking for associations between physical characteristics and crime or delinquency can lead to problems (Van Dusen, 1985; Wilson & Herrnstein, 1985) but can also bring significant benefits. The problems are both philosophical—related to the role of physical processes in the causation of moral or immoral behavior (Stone, 1984a), and political—related to the potential misuse of physical signs for stigmatization or unfair legal treatment (Stone, 1984b). These problems are compounded when one considers drug or other physical treatments for physical aspects of criminality, since such treatments can be used for social control instead of for the benefit of individual patients.

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Barnum, R. (1987). Biomedical Problems in Juvenile Delinquency: Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Wilson, J.Q., Loury, G.C. (eds) Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7029-5_3

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