ABSTRACT
Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. Since the mapping of the human genome, scientists have been able to study the biosocial causes of human behaviour with the greatest specificity.
After decades of almost exclusive sociological focus, criminology has undergone a paradigm shift where the field is more interdisciplinary and this book combines perspectives from criminology and sociology with contributions from fields such as genetics, neuropsychology, and evolutionary psychology. The Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology is the largest and most comprehensive work of its kind, and is organized into five sections that collectively span the terrain of biosocial research on antisocial behavior.
Bringing together leading experts from around the world, this book considers the criminological, genetic and neuropsychological foundations of offending, as well as the legal and criminal justice applications of biosocial criminological theory. The handbook is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners from across the social, behavioural, and natural sciences who are engaged in the study of antisocial behaviour.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|74 pages
Criminological foundations
chapter 3|14 pages
An evolutionary perspective on interpersonal violence
part II|127 pages
Genetic foundations of antisocial behavior
chapter 10|10 pages
When humans prey on one another
part III|125 pages
Neurological and neuropsychological foundations of antisocial behavior
chapter 18|18 pages
Why focusing on nurture made and still makes sense
part IV|132 pages
Biosocial mechanisms of antisocial conditions and antisocial behavior
chapter 26|10 pages
Development of aggression and violence from infancy to adulthood
chapter 29|11 pages
Blackout
part V|183 pages
Legal and criminal justice applications