Adrian Raine

Genes shape physiological functioning, which in turn affects our thinking, personality, and behavior—including the propensity to break the laws of the land, whatever those laws may be.

your gene machine has been built to generate these fanciful ideas to maliciously motivate you into gaining status and resources that will translate into reproductive success. It’s a genetic con.

your gene machine has been built to generate these fanciful ideas to maliciously motivate you into gaining status and resources that will translate into reproductive success. It’s a genetic con.

It don’t take anyone too smart to look at three generations of outlaws and see there’s a link of some kind, there’s a pattern.

Is there a “killer gene”?

Jeffrey Landrigan was adopted and raised in a safe and nurturing environment, yet despite all the love that his parents gave him—he could not be salvaged.

This fascinating natural experiment—in which a baby with a violent heritage was transferred from a life of poverty and squalor into a loving, caring, successful family, yet still became a killer

Speaking of monkeys, we even have 60 percent of our genes in common with banana trees.

I remember suddenly feeling a surge of anger about the whole ordeal. The thief, who easily could have killed me, had gotten off easy. He should have been beaten up. His throat should be cut. He should spend the rest of his life a fitful sleeper, hypersensitive to the slightest

sound in the night. A few years inside did not seem like justice. It perhaps should have been enough, but to me, especially at that moment, it wasn’t.