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The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology: On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality takes a contemporary approach to address the sociological and the biological positions of human behavior by allowing preeminent scholars in criminology to speak to the effects of each on a range of topics. The text aims to facilitate an open and honest debate between the more traditional criminologists who focus primarily on environmental factors and contemporary biosocial criminologists who examine the interplay between biology/genetics and environmental factors.
Sociological Criminology and Drug Use: A Review of Leading Theories
Sociological Criminology and Drug Use: A Review of Leading Theories
Introduction
Whereas the fields of biology, medicine, and psychology engage drug etiology through focus on neurological and pharmacological factors predictive of and correlated with predisposition to use, sociological approaches are rooted in factors external to individual constitution such as environment, cultural outlook, and social interactional dynamics. After almost a century since early Chicago-school researchers began a line of inquiry examining urban ecological phenomena such as social disorganization, collective efficacy, and various related social problems, including substance abuse (Reckless, 1933/1969; Shaw & McKay, 1942), a distinct “sociology of drug use” has evolved largely around ...
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