title: The double helix takes the witness stand: behavioral and neuropsychiatric genetics in court.
abstract: Data on neuropsychiatric and behavioral genetics have attracted legal interest, as attorneys explore their use in criminal and civil cases. These developments may assist judges and juries in making difficult judgments-but they bring substantial risk of misinterpretation and misuse.
authors.affiliation: NY State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 122, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: psa21@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D005824:Genetics, Behavioral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*