Feminist criminology through a biosocial lens
By: Anthony Walsh
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781594609664
Subjects: Feminist criminology; Criminal behavior; Genetic aspects; Crime; Sex differences; Sociobiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Feminist criminology : perspective and concepts; title: The generalizability problem; title: The gender ratio problem and socialization; title: General feminist theories of criminal behavior; title: Social constructionism and social science's triad of "evils"; title: Social constuctionism and gender; title: Evolutionary approaches to gender; title: Evolutionary explanations for gender differences in criminality; title: From genes to gender : sexual differentiation of the brain; title: Sex/gender differences in brain structure and function; title: Gender differences in prosocial traits; title: Gender differences in major risk factors for criminality.