Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research

by Walsh; Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780415989442
• ISBN10: 0415989442
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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, and strengthen those ideas. The book is uniquely valuable in that it brings together many of the leading figures in biosocial criminology to illustrate how the major issues and concerns of criminologists cannot be adequately addressed without understanding their genetic, hormonal, neurological, and evolutionary bases.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiv
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
An Overview of the Biosocial Approach	p. 1
Introduction to Biosocial Criminology	p. 7
Criminal Behavior from Heritability to Epigenetics: How Genetics Clarifies the Role of the Environment	p. 29
Molecular Genetics and Crime	p. 50
The Ghost in the Machine and Criminal Behavior: Criminology for the 21st Century	p. 73
Evolutionary Psychology and Crime	p. 90
Major Correlates of Crime	p. 111
Gender and Crime: An Evolutionary Perspective	p. 117
Inconvenient Truths: Science, Race, and Crime	p. 137
Crazy by Design: A Biosocial Approach to the Age-Crime Curve	p. 154
Substance Abuse and Crime: Biosocial Foundations	p. 176
Testosterone and Violence among Young Men	p. 190
Serious Violent Criminals and Biosocial Approaches to Crime Prevention	p. 205
Neuroscience and the Holy Grail: Genetics and Career Criminality	p. 209
Psychopathy	p. 225
No Longer Taboo: Crime Prevention Implications of Biosocial Criminology	p. 243
Glossary/Index	p. 265
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