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... These findings suggest at most a weak role for heredity in violent behavior. But studies that use samples at high risk for violent behavior or that measure violent behavior through selfreports rather than arrest records may yet discover genetic relationships that have so far remained hidden or underestimatedbecause arrests for violent offenses are rare in samples of the general population.
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