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The authors are very well known in this small but growing subfield of criminology.They discuss biological and genetic research associated with criminality, as well as discuss research into specific environmental agents that cause, facilitate, or maintain criminal propensity. This text is geared for upper level undergraduate and graduate students in criminal justice and criminology, sociology, and psychology programs. Features and Benefits □ Introduces the reader to the life-course perspective, a “hot topic” in criminology theory □ Integrates both studies in life-course and research involving biological and genetic factors in crime behavior/propensity with discussions of cutting edge research □ Includes boxes on “Stanley,” a life-course persistent thief, in each chapter. □ Illustration program contains diagrams of the brain and nervous system, photos, etc. to aid students' understanding of the biological content. □ Includes pedagogical features such as a number of special interest boxes on topics such as the influence of lead on brain development, and the limitations of parental influences New to this Edition: • Two new chapters ‘Special Topics in the Life Course: Psychopathy, Early Onset, and Drug Influences on Criminality’ and ‘Special Topics in the Life Course: Families and Crime’ • Updated and revised chapters due to major research developments in this fast moving field • This edition incorporates findings from over 160 new studies that were not included in the first edition • Review questions at ends of chapters • Incorporates policy discussions
Sex Differences in Brain Processes and Laterality
Sex Differences in Brain Processes and Laterality
I had a good laugh at the scene where Allen, talking to his psychiatrist, says that he and girlfriend Annie hardly ever have sex.
“Maybe three times a week,” Allen's character Alvy Singer laments. We then see Annie telling her psychiatrist that they do it “constantly; I'd say three times a week.”
AMBROSE DIAZ, 2013
The most consistent finding in the criminological literature is that males are significantly more violent and aggressive than females. This has been found to be true in virtually all societies, across time and place (Blumstein et al., 1986; Stark, 2002; Tsorbatzoudis, Travlos, & Rodafinos, 2013; Volavka, 1995, 1999). In fact, the predominance of male offenders, especially through violent acts, ...
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