Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research

Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research
ISBN-10
1135857806
ISBN-13
9781135857806
Series
Biosocial Criminology
Category
Psychology
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2008-11-12
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Anthony Walsh, Kevin M. Beaver

Description

This book is designed to bring criminology into the 21 st century by showing how leading criminologists have integrated aspects of the biological sciences into their discipline. These authors cover behavior and molecular genetics, epigenetics, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience, and apply them to various correlates of crime such as age, race, and gender. There are also chapters on substance abuse, psychopathy, career criminals, testosterone and treatment. While not trashing traditional ideas about these topics, the authors of these chapters show how biosocial concepts add to, complement, a.

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