ABSTRACT
The major barrier to applying evolutionary principles to human behavior and social problems appears to be biological determinism. The evolutionary paradigm is arguably one of the most successful in all of science. Incorporating evolutionary principles when developing biosocial theories of criminology can lead to a rich blueprint for understanding criminological science. Looking at information and theories from a variety of disciplines is important to biosocial criminology, but integrating them into a complete picture, or holism, is equally important. The construct, low self-control, is considered biosocial because self-control involves executive functions in the human brain that are shaped by social interactions and environmental opportunities and constraints. Social learning, our second construct, is biosocial because learning is processed in the human brain, is partly genetic, and is shaped by social interactions across the life-course. The biggest challenge to the continued advancement of biosocial criminology is adequate data.
