ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to open a dialogue on the topic by discussing the potential ways in which criminology as a discipline needs to change in order to stay current with evidence produced by biosocial criminological research. It discusses the number of key biosocial findings are touched upon, followed by a more thorough discussion of what biosocial findings mean for certain areas of criminological research. The chapter also discusses the key biosocial findings are discussed as they relate to the merits of existing mainstream criminological theories. While these findings are based on thousands of studies, a number of meta-analyses, and large reviews of the literature, they remain largely ignored by the criminological community. Shared environmental influences are frequently employed to explain variation in delinquency, crime, and other antisocial behaviors, and they are often used to explain some of the most consistent criminological findings.
