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Biosocial Criminology

New Directions in Theory and Research

• Edited by Anthony Walsh, Kevin M. Beaver

• Price: $45.95
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 304
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 26th September 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
• ISBN: 978-0-415-98944-2

About the Book

Ideal for use, either as a second text in a standard criminology course, or for a discrete course on biosocial perspectives, this book of original chapters breaks new and important ground for ways today's criminologists need to think more broadly about the crime problem.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I. Overview of the Biosocial Approach

Chapter 1 Introduction to Biosocial Criminology

Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver

Chapter 2 Criminal Behavior from Heritability to Epigenetics:

How Genetics Clarifies the Role of the Environment

Anthony Walsh

Chapter 3 Molecular Genetics and Crime

Kevin M. Beaver

Chapter 4 The Ghost in the Machine and Criminal Behavior:

Criminology for the 21^st Century

John Paul Wright, Danielle Boisvert, Kim Dietrich, and M. Douglas Ris

Chapter 5 Evolutionary Psychology and Crime

Satoshi Kanazawa

Part II. Applications to Important Correlates of Crime

Chapter 6 Gender and Crime: An Evolutionary Perspective

Anne Campbell

Chapter 7 Race

Alex Piquero

Chapter 8 Crazy by Design: A Biosocial Approach to the Age-Crime Curve

Anthony Walsh

Chapter 9 Substance Abuse and Crime: Biosocial Foundations

Michael G. Vaughn

Chapter 10 Testosterone and Violence among Young Men

Allan Mazur

Part III. Serious Violent Criminals

Chapter 11 Neuroscience and the Holy Grail: Genetics and Career Criminality

Matt DeLisi

Chapter 12 Psychopathy Richard P. Wiebe

Part IV. A Biosocial Approach to Crime Prevention

Chapter 13 No Longer Taboo:

Crime Prevention Implications of Biosocial Criminology

Matthew Robinson

Glossary

About the Author(s)

Anthony Walsh (Ph.D Bowling Green State University) is Professor of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, Idaho. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books and scores of articles and essays on the interplay of biological, social, and cultural factors involving crime and criminality. He is author of the text Biosocial Criminology: Introduction and Integration.

http://cja.boisestate.edu/walsh.htm

Kevin Beaver (Ph.D. University of Cincinnati) is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida State University, Tallahassee. He teaches courses on biosocial criminology and genetic / biological correlates of offending and is the author of “Do Parents Matter in Creating Self-Control in their Children? A Genetically Informed Test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Theory of Low Self-Control”, which was published in the Journal Criminology.

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/faculty-kevin-beaver.php