Poverty doesn't cause crime. Genes influence both poverty and crime. New study of 500,000+ Swedish people.https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21613303-disturbing-study-link-between-incomes-and-criminal-behaviour-have-and …
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http://portal.research.lu.se/portal/files/3105877/8166715.pdf … lol Sweden, there's a twin study on the same reference group. Non-genetic parent effects (c^2) are pretty high.pic.twitter.com/AGQNShXQHo
Where 'pretty high' means shared family environment explains half as much variance as additive genetic effects?
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Yeah. That's a lot higher than most behavioral trait.
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Also, the C effects are overestimated when there's assortative mating for criminal behavior.pic.twitter.com/qBaQV8KDmN
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