Kevin M. Beaver, J. C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell

The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology

On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing aà  contemporary approach to the natureà  versus nurture debate, this book encourages reflection on the contest between environmental factors and the interplay between biology/genetics and environmental factors on criminal behaviour.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9781452242255
• ISBN-10: 1452242259
• Artikelnr.: 39186223

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION: Why We Need a Nature/Nurture Book in Criminology?
PART I: KEY CRIMINOLOGICAL CORRELATES
GENDER
Chapter 1. The Sociological Explanation: Sociological Explanations of the
Gender Gap in Offending - Abigail A. Fagan
Chapter 2. The Biosocial Explanation: A Biosocial Explanation for
Male-Female Differences in Criminal Involvement - Kevin M. Beaver and
Joseph L. Nedelec
RACE
Chapter 3. The Sociological Explanation: Sociological Viewpoint on the
Race-Crime Relationship - Nicole Leeper Piquero, Alex R. Piquero, and Eric
S. Stewart
Chapter 4. The Biosocial Explanation: Human Bio-diversity and the
Egalitarian Fiction - John Paul Wright and Mark Alden Morgan
SOCIAL CLASS
Chapter 5. The Sociological Explanation: A Sociological Analysis of Social
Class - Karen F. Parker and Thomas Mowen
Chapter 6. The Biosocial Explanation: The Role of Intelligence and
Temperament in Interpreting the SES-Crime Relationship - Anthony Walsh,
Charlene Y. Taylor, and Ilhong Yun
PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
LEARNING THEORY
Chapter 7. The Sociological Explanation: Learning Theories of Crime:
Promises and Pitfalls - Jonathan R. Brauer and Jonathan D. Bolen
Chapter 8. The Biosocial Explanation: The Integration of Biological and
Genetic Factors into Social Learning Theory - Jamie Vaske
SELF-CONTROL THEORY
Chapter 9. The Sociological Explanation: Self-control and Crime: A
Sociological Perspective - Callie H. Burt
Chapter 10. The Biosocial Explanation: Low Self-control is a Brain-Based
Disorder - Matt DeLisi
STRAIN THEORY
Chapter 11. The Sociological Explanation: The Role of the Social
Environment in General Strain Theory - Robert Agnew
Chapter 12. The Biosocial Explanation: General Strain Theory and Biosocial
Criminology: Pathways to Successful Theoretical Integration - John M.
Stogner
SOCIAL BONDING THEORY
Chapter 13. The Sociological Explanation: Social Bonding and Crime - Ryan
Schroeder
Chapter 14. The Biosocial Explanation: A Biosocial View of Social Bond
Theory - Danielle Boisvert
PART III: SPECIFIC TYPES OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Chapter 15. The Sociological Explanation: When Violence is the Norm:
Sociological Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence - Tasha A. Menaker
and Cortney A. Franklin
Chapter 16. The Biosocial Explanation: Some Kind of Madness: The Biosocial
Origins of Intimate Partner Violence - Brian B. Boutwell and Richard Lewis
CHILDHOOD ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR/CONDUCT DISORDER
Chapter 17. The Sociological Explanation: Parents and Peers as Institutions
of Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence: Implications for Delinquent
Behavior - Carter Rees and Jacob T.N. Young
18. The Biosocial Explanation: A Biosocial Review on Childhood Antisocial
Behavior - Chris L. Gibson and Elise T. Costa
DRUG USE AND ABUSE
Chapter 19. The Sociological Explanation: Sociological Criminology and Drug
Use: A Review of Leading Theories - J. Mitchell Miller and Holly Ventura
Miller
Chapter 20. The Biosocial Explanation: Drug Abuse, Addiction, and Crime: A
Cell to Society Perspective - Michael G. Vaughn, Christopher P.
Salas-Wright, and Brandy R. Maynard
PART IV: TRENDS, CURRENT ISSUES, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
THE CRIME DROP
Chapter 21. The Sociological Explanation: A Sociological Explanation of
Crime Rates and Trends - Wesley G. Jennings and Jennifer M. Reingle
Chapter 22. The Biosocial Explanation: Darwin, Dawkins, Wright, Pinker and
the Reasons that Crime Declined - Brian B. Boutwell and J.C. Barnes
THE AGE-CRIME CURVE
Chapter 23. The Sociological Explanation: The Age and Crime Relationship:
Social Variation, Social Explanations - Jeffery T. Ulmer and Darrell
Steffensmeier
Chapter 24. The Biosocial Explanation: The Puzzling Relationship between
Age and Criminal Behavior: A Biosocial Critique of the Criminological
Status Quo - J.C. Barnes, Cody Jorgensen, Daniel Pacheco, and Michael
TenEyck
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Chapter 25. The Sociological Explanation: Policy Implications of
Sociological Theories of Crime: Why are they so Seldom Considered or
Discussed? - Danielle J. Baily, Robert Lytle, and Lisa L. Sample
Chapter 26. The Biosocial Explanation: Policy Implications of Biosocial
Criminology: Crime Prevention and Offender Rehabilitation - Michael Rocque,
Brandon C. Welsh, and Adrian Raine