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Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts Lee Ellis

Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts By Lee Ellis

Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts by Lee Ellis


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Illustrating the diversity and richness of biosocial theory, this contributor volume introduces numerous new views on the biological and social causes of criminality and pro/antisociality.

Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts Summary

Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts by Lee Ellis

Illustrating the diversity and richness of biosocial theory, this contributor volume introduces numerous new views on the biological and social causes of criminality and pro/antisociality. From the biosocial perspective, criminal behavior becomes part of a behavioral continuum which may theoretically include basic moral reasoning and altruism. Contributors from diverse fields outline basic assumptions of the biosocial perspective. They examine various evolutionary, genetic, and neurochemical aspects of criminality; and push the limits of current knowledge to the outer edges of biosocial theorizing. This volume is intended to inform social scientists, particularly criminologists, of recent developments in biosocial approaches to the study of pro/antisociality and criminality.

It is the intent of the editors to give readers of this book a clear picture of the biosocial approach to the study of pro/antisociality. Emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of this field, contributors were selected from diverse academic backgrounds. The volume contains seventeen chapters and is organized in four sections. The first section conceptualizes the field, identifies behavioral and demographic variables correlated with criminality, and discusses the degree to which experts currently subscribe to the biosocial perspective. Section Two examines the contribution of evolutionary and genetic factors to variations in criminality. Section Three focuses on how brain functioning relates to pro/antisociality. The final section extends the theoretical limits of existing knowledge, illustrating the potential of this approach to social science.

About Lee Ellis

LEE ELLIS is Professor and HARRY HOFFMAN is Assistant Professor, both in the Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Minot State University, North Dakota. The senior editor recently published Theories of Rape and is currently editing a book on biosocial approaches to social stratification (Praeger, forthcoming).

Table of Contents

The Concept of Pro/Antisociality and the Biosocial Perspective Introduction Conceptualizing Criminal Behavior from a Biosocial Perspective Universal Behavioral and Demographic Correlates of Criminal behavior Contemporary Criminologists on Causes and Theories of Crime Evolutionary and Genetic Aspects of Criminality The Evolution of Violent Criminal Behavior and its Nonlegal Equivalent The Evolution of Collective Counterstrategies to Crime Courtship Disorder: Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, Tocheurism, and the Preferential Rape Pattern International Crime Rates and Evolutionary Theory Inherited Dispositions Toward Learning Delinquent and Criminal Behavior On Possible Genetic Bases of Race Differences in Criminality Neurochemical Aspects of Pro/Antisociality Hormonal Correlates of Sexual Aggression Androgens, Brain Functioning, and Criminality Neurological Bases of Crime, Psychopathy, and Aggression The Role of Sensory Stimulation in Criminal Behavior Neurological Links Between Substance Abuse and Crime Biosocial Theorizing in the Area of Pro/Antisociality Evolutionary and Neurological Roots of Prosocial Behavior Risk, Crime, and Neurophysiologic Highs Index

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NPB9780275930035
9780275930035
0275930033
Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts by Lee Ellis
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1990-10-17
344
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