Ideal for use, either as a second text in a standard criminology course, or for a discrete course on biosocial perspectives, this book of original chapters breaks new and important ground for ways today's criminologists need to think more broadly about the crime problem.
Author(s): Anthony Walsh, Kevin M Beaver
Series: Criminology and Justice Studies
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Foreword......Page 15
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 19
Part I An Overview of the Biosocial Approach......Page 20
1 Introduction to Biosocial Criminology......Page 26
2 Criminal Behavior from Heritability to Epigenetics: How Genetics Clarifies the Role of the Environment......Page 48
3 Molecular Genetics and Crime......Page 69
4 The Ghost in the Machine and Criminal Behavior: Criminology for the 21st Century......Page 92
5 Evolutionary Psychology and Crime......Page 109
Part II Major Correlates of Crime......Page 130
6 Gender and Crime: An Evolutionary Perspective......Page 136
7 Inconvenient Truths: Science, Race, and Crime......Page 156
8 Crazy by Design: A Biosocial Approach to the Age–Crime Curve......Page 173
9 Substance Abuse and Crime: Biosocial Foundations......Page 195
10 Testosterone and Violence among Young Men......Page 209
Part III Serious Violent Criminals and Biosocial Approaches to Crime Prevention......Page 224
11 Neuroscience and the Holy Grail: Genetics and Career Criminality......Page 228
12 Psychopathy......Page 244
13 No Longer Taboo: Crime Prevention Implications of Biosocial Criminology......Page 262
Glossary/Index......Page 284
