Race+and+Serial+Killing

=Peer-Reviewed Papers= =Popular Press= NPR: A Neuroscientist Uncovers a Dark Secret NPR: Inside a Psychopath's Brain NPR: Can Your Genes Make You Murder?

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So, the article was trying to prove that there ARE black serial killers because the myth was that there were absolutley none. The figures that are given on pg. 3 paragraph 2, are for the African-American serial killers, would the remaining percentage be for white serial killers? Also, would we have to address racism in the media because it talks about how up until the "D.C snipers" the media didn't really cover Aftrica-American serial killers, which my guess would be what led to the myth of there not being any African-American serial killers. Up to you...I'd just be careful not to get lost in racism in the media and stray too far from the topic.

Could you please explain "intracellular serotonin" and the MAOA gene, along with the high activity (MAOA-H) and low activity (MAOA-L) versions better? I didn't really understand everything they were saying about that in the "Genes for susceptibility to violence" paper.