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and the facial contours of 鈥減erverts鈥�, all in a vain attempt to discover visible
signs of putative social pathology. But are such poisonous pursuits securely
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Jacqueline Urla. The authors point to the contemporary zeal for brain scans and
genetic analyses of schizophrenics, homosexuals and violent offenders.
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