Evolutionary Criminology: Towards a Comprehensive Explanation of Crime

Theories of crime typically reflect the discipline of the theorist. There has been little attempt to construct multidisciplinary frameworks that integrate psychological, biological, and sociological concepts in explaining, and controlling, criminal activity. Evolutionary behavioral science is ideally placed to provide a comprehensive and scientifically grounded framework for understanding criminal behavior. As human beings evolved, criminal behavior was a result of adaptations, or the by-products of adaptations. This book introduces a comprehensive evolutionary behavioral science approach to crime and its management. Authored jointly by specialists in evolutionary and forensic psychologyIntegrates psychological, biological, and sociological conceptsOffers a unified theory to explain why criminal behavior existsIntroduces evolutionary concepts for non-biology experts to comprehend INDICE: 1. Criminology and Evolutionary Theory Part 1: The Evolutionary Framework 2. Evolutionary Theory and Human Evolution 3. Evolutionary Behavioral Science 4. Levels of Analysis and Explanations in Criminology Part 2: Explaining Crime 5. The Evolution of Altruism, Cooperation, and Punishment 6. Distal Explanations: Adaptations and Phylogeny 7. Development 8. Proximate Explanations: Individuals, Situations, and Social Processes 9. Social Structural and Cultural Explanations Part 3: Responding to Crime 10.Punishment, Public Policy, and Prevention 11.The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders 12.Looking Forward from the Perspective of the Past

• ISBN: 978-0-12-397937-7
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 348
• Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés