Biosocial criminology
Subtitle: new directions in theory and research
By: edited by Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver.
Contributors: Walsh, Anthony, 1941-; Beaver, Kevin M.
Series: Criminology and justice studies series; Criminology and justice studies
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780415989435; 9780203929919; 9780415989442
Subjects: Criminology; Criminal behavior -- Physiological aspects; Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects; Human beings -- Effect of environment on; Sociobiology; Environmental psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to biosocial criminology / Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver; title: Criminal behavior from heritability to epigenetics : how genetics clarifies the role of the environment / Anthony Walsh; title: Molecular genetics and crime / Kevin M. Beaver; title: The ghost in the machine and criminal behavior : criminology for the 21st century / John Paul Wright ... [et al.]; title: Evolutionary psychology and crime / Satoshi Kanazawa; title: Gender and crime : an evolutionary perspective / Anne Campbell; title: Inconvenient truths : science, race, and crime / John Paul Wright; title: Crazy by design : a biosocial approach to the age-crime curve / Anthony Walsh; title: Substance abuse and crime : biosocial foundations / Michael G. Vaughn; title: Testosterone and violence among young men / Allan Mazur; title: Neuroscience and the holy grail : genetics and career criminality / Matt DeLisi; title: Psychopathy / Richard P. Wiebe; title: No longer taboo : crime prevention implications of biosocial criminology / Matthew Robinson.