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9780195330090

Biology and Crime

Biology and Crime
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  • ISBN-13: 9780195330090
  • ISBN: 0195330099
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

AUTHOR

Rowe, David C., Farrington, David P.

SUMMARY

This book profiles biological approaches to understanding why some people are criminals and others not. The book, written by internationally recognized behavioral geneticist David C. Rowe, offers instructors and students a brief, contemporary presentation of biological approaches to crime with a minimum of jargon. (A background in the biological sciences is not required.) Boxes highlight special topics and examples drawn from newspaper stories to spark student interest. Chapters cover: * Behavioral genetics * Evolutionary approaches to crime * Biological tests for criminal disposition * The human genome and crime * The environment and crime * Ethical and policy implications This book will enrich students' appreciation of the nexus of biology and crime - without negating non-biological theories of crime.Rowe, David C. is the author of 'Biology and Crime ', published 2001 under ISBN 9780195330090 and ISBN 0195330099.

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