T. Owen

Criminological Theory

A Genetic-Social Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In an age of rapid advances in behavioural genetics, this book applies a unique genetic-social framework to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. Drawing upon evidence from evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics, it offers an up-to-date and balanced account of the mutuality between genes and environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-27850-9
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780230278509
• ISBN-10: 0230278507
• Artikelnr.: 40444004

Autorenporträt

Tim Owen is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. His recent books include Social Theory and Human Biotechnology and Reconstructing Postmodernism: Critical Debates (co-edited with Jason L. Powell), and his main research interest lies in building bridges between the biological and social sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Transitions in Criminological and Social Theory 3. Constructing a Genetic-Social Framework 4. An Application of the Meta Theoretical Framework to the Study of Crime and Criminal Behaviour Concluding Observations