Ritual Deception: A Window to the Hidden Determinants of Human Politics
John O. Beahrs 3

Adolescent Sexuality and Public Policy: A Liberal Response
Lainie Friedman Ross 13

Reaching Consensus on Environmental Issues: The Use of Throwaway
Computer Models
Thomas M. Bonnicksen 23

Factors Considered by Ohio Juvenile Court Judges in Judicial Bypass Judgments: A Policy-Capturing Approach
Christine Cregan Sensibaugh and Elizabeth Rice Allgeier 35

SYMPOSIUM: PREGNANCY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Mandating Outpatient Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers: Attractive but Unfeasible
Robert H. Blank 49

Mandating Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers Is the Wrong Focus for Public Discussion
Patricia Boling 51

Mandatory Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers: Irrelevant and Dangerous
Wendy Chavkin 53

A Million (Missing) Men: A Commentary on Mathieu's Compromise on Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
Cynthia R. Daniels 54

Civil Commitment for Substance Abuse by Pregnant Women? A View from the Front Lines
Robert G. Madden 56

Pregnancy and Substance Abuse: Education or Mandatory Treatment?
Janna C. Merrick 59

Can Government Ever Protect Fetuses from Substance Abuse?
Ellen H. Moskowitz 61

Civil Commitment for Pregnant Substance Abusers: Is It Appropriate and Is It Enough?
Elizabeth G. Patterson and Arlene Bowers Andrews 64

The Road Not to Travel: A Comment on Deborah Mathieu's Proposal to Mandate Outpatient Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers
Paul Peretz and Jean Reith Schroedel 67

The Incivility of Mandated Drug Treatment through Civil Commitments
Ruth Ann Strickland 70

Some Therapeutic Jurisprudence Implications of the Outpatient Civil Commitment of Pregnant Substance Abusers
David B. Wexler 73

Policies to Assist Pregnant Women and Children Should Include a Complete Assessment of the Realities of Women's Lives
Laura R. Woliver 75

Pregnant Women in Chains?
Deborah Mathieu 77

SYMPOSIUM: GENETICS AND CRIME

Symposium on the Meaning and Significance of Research on Genetics and Criminal Behavior
Editor's Introduction 83

Both Genes and Environment Play a Role in Antisocial Behavior
David E. Comings 84

Reflections on Wye Woods: Crime, Biology, and Self-Interest
Evan Balaban 86

Genetics and Antisocial Behavior: Substance versus Sound Bytes
Gregory Carey and Irving I. Gottesman 88

Prospects for the Application of Genetic Findings to Crime and Violence Prevention
Diana H. Fishbein 91

"Genes Made Me Do It": The Appeal of Biological Explanations
Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee 95

Interdisciplinary Perceptions of Genetics and Behavior
David Goldman 97

Culpability and Compassion: Lessons from the History of Eugenics
Diane B. Paul 99

Genes, Behavior, and Law
Owen D. Jones 101

Neuroscience, Genetics, and Society: Is the Biology of Human Social Behavior Too Controversial to Study?
Roger D. Masters 103

The Genetics of Crime: A Skeptic's Vision of the Future
Franklin E. Zimring 105

Research into Genetics and Crime: Consensus and Controversy
David Wasserman 107

PROFILES

The Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI)
Michael Moodie 111

Human Rights Watch Arms Project—Chemical and Biological Weapons Program
Human Rights Watch 114

REPORT TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Ethical Aspects of the Labelling of Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology
Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology 117

TEACHING FOCUS

Teaching "Evolution, Cooperation, and Ethics"
John Orbell 121

BOOK REVIEWS

Environmental Diplomacy: Negotiating More Effective Global Agreements (Lawrence E. Susskind)
Kathleen Farley 125

Feral Children and Clever Animals: Reflections on Human Nature (Douglas Keith Candland)
Lionel Tiger 127

Compelled Compassion: Government Intervention in the Treatment of Critically Ill Newborns (Arthur L. Caplan, Robert H. Blank, and Janna C. Merrick, eds.)
Kathy Kinlaw 128

The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome (Robert Cook-Deegan)
Sheldon Krimsky 130

Philosophical Darwinism: On the Origin of Knowledge by Means of Natural Selection (Peter Munz)
Michael Ruse 131

The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating (David M. Buss)
Laurette T. Liesen 133

In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation (F. Barbara Orlans)
William M. Lunch 135

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Daniel C. Dennett)
Dave Ivers 136

Procuring Organs for Transplant: The Debate over Non-Heart-Beating Cadaver Protocols (Robert M. Arnold, Stuart J. Youngner, Renie Schapiro, and Carol Mason Spicer, eds.)
Deborah Mathieu 138

The Ethics and Politics of Human Experimentation (Paul M. McNeill)
Judith Miller 139

Race, Evolution, and Behavior: A Life History Perspective (J. Philippe Rushton)
Linda S. Gottfredson 141

Theories of Intergroup Relations: International Social Psychological Perspectives (Donald M. Taylor and Fathali N. Moghaddam)
Aubrey Immelman 143

Plagues, Products, and Politics: Emergent Public Health Hazards and National Policymaking (Christopher H. Foreman, Jr.)
Denise Scheberle 145

Control of Dual-Threat Agents: The Vaccines for Peace Programme (Erhard Geissler and John P. Woodall, eds.)
Johan Lundin 147

RECENT BOOKS AND ARTICLES 151

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 161

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