Biosocial Criminology: Introduction and Integration

by Walsh, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9781583605325
• ISBN10: 1583605320
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender

Table of Contents

Foreword	iii
Preface	vii
Why Criminology Needs Biology	1	(22)
Sociology Contra Biology	2	(9)
Criminology and Biology	11	(12)
Behavior Genetics and Criminology	23	(26)
What Are Genes?	24	(2)
Behavior-Genetic Research Designs Versus SSSM Designs	26	(2)
The Concept of Heritability	28	(10)
Gene/Environment Interaction and Correlation	38	(2)
Behavior Genetics and Criminal Behavior	40	(4)
Typical Objections to Behavior Genetics' Assumptions and Research Designs	44	(3)
Genes and Human Freedom	47	(2)
Evolutionary Psychology and the Origins of Criminal Behavior	49	(26)
The Relevance of Evolutionary Theory to Social Science	50	(1)
Natural Selection	51	(2)
Thinking in Evolutionary Terms	53	(4)
The Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation	57	(1)
Natural is Good?	58	(1)
The Evolution of Criminal Behavior	59	(10)
Specific Evolutionary Theories of Crime	69	(4)
Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology	73	(2)
The Neurohormonal Sciences and Crime	75	(22)
The Basic Brain	75	(3)
Neural Selectionism and Constructivism	78	(3)
The Brain and Its Environment	81	(3)
Why Bonding and Attachment are Neurologically Important	84	(3)
Abuse, Neglect, and the Developing Brain	87	(10)
Anomie/Strain Theory and Status	97	(24)
The Social Structural Tradition	97	(10)
Intelligence and SES	107	(4)
Temperament and SES	111	(10)
Differential Association/Social Learning Theories and Adolescence	121	(24)
The Basics of Differential Association Theory	121	(5)
Learning, Attitudes, and Behavior	126	(1)
The Basics of Social Learning Theory	126	(3)
Gangs and Modernity	129	(2)
Differential Association/Social Learning (DA/SL) and Gene/Environment (G/E) Correlation	131	(8)
Biosocial Perspectives on Adolescent Antisocial Behavior	139	(6)
Control Theories and the Family	145	(24)
Social Control Theory	146	(3)
Gottfredson and Hirschi's Low Self-Control Theory	149	(3)
The Family: Nursery of Human Nature	152	(2)
The Evolution of the Family	154	(1)
The Evolution of the Proximate Mechanisms of Attachment	155	(8)
The Evolutionary Context of Child Abuse and Neglect	163	(2)
The Biology of Low Self-Control	165	(2)
Age in Self-Control Theory	167	(2)
Human Ecology/Social Disorganization and Race	169	(26)
Social Disorganization	171	(3)
Modern Ecological Theory: People or Places?	174	(4)
Race and Crime: Explanations	178	(5)
Environmentally Contingent Strategies: The Sex Ratio and Illegitimacy	183	(5)
The Ecology of the Inner City	188	(4)
Testosterone, Dominance, and Honor Subcultures	192	(3)
Critical and Feminist Theories and Conflict	195	(26)
Are Critical Theories Incompatible with Biology?	196	(1)
Marx's Concept of Human Nature	197	(7)
Feminist Criminology	204	(10)
Evolutionary Contributions to Understanding Rape and Domestic Violence	214	(7)
Looking Back and Looking Forward	221	(12)
What Have We Learned from Biosocial Perspectives?	222	(2)
Summarizing the Integration of Biosocial and Traditional Criminological Theories	224	(4)
Biosocial Criminology and Ethics	228	(5)
References	233	(38)
Index	271	(10)
Biography	281