Crime Human Nature The Definitive Study of the Causes of Crime

by Herrnstein, Richard J.; Wilson, James Q.

• ISBN13: 9780684852669
• ISBN10: 0684852667
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Free Press

Summary

From Simon & Schuster, Crime & Human Nature is the definitive study of the causes of crime.

Assembling the latest evidence from the fields of sociology, criminology, economics, medicine, biology, and psychology and exploring the effects of such factors as gender, age, race, and family, two eminent social scientists frame a groundbreaking theory of criminal behavior.

Author Biography

James Quinn Wilson was an academic, political scientist, and an authority on public administration.

Table of Contents

Preface	13	(6)
I. Explaining Crime
Crime and Its Explanation	19	(22)
A Theory of Criminal Behavior	41	(28)
II. Constitutional Factors
Constitutional Factors in Criminal Behavior	69	(35)
Gender	104	(22)
Age	126	(22)
Intelligence	148	(25)
Personality and Psychopathology	173	(40)
III. Developmental Factors
Families	213	(32)
Broken and Abusive Families	245	(19)
Schools	264	(25)
IV. Social Context
Community	289	(23)
Labor Markets	312	(25)
Television and the Mass Media	337	(18)
Alcohol and Heroin	355	(19)
Altering the Social Context	374	(33)
V. History and Culture
Historical Trends in Crime	407	(32)
Crime Across Cultures	439	(20)
Race and Crime	459	(30)
VI. Crime, Human Nature, and Society
Punishment and Personal Responsibility	489	(19)
Human Nature and the Political Order	508	(23)
Appendix	531	(6)
Notes	537	(22)
References	559	(54)
Index	613