Biology and criminology
Subtitle: the biosocial synthesis
By: by Anthony Walsh.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge advances in criminology -- 7
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780415801928
Subjects: Criminal behavior; Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects; Sociobiology; Criminology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why criminology needs biology; title: Genetics and criminality; title: Evolutionary psychology and criminology; title: The neurosciences and criminality; title: The anomie/strain tradition and socioeconomic status; title: The social learning tradition and adolescence; title: The control tradition and the family; title: The human ecology/social disorganization tradition and race; title: The critical tradition and conflict; title: Feminist criminology and gender; title: Retrospect and prospect.