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Biology and criminology : the biosocial synthesis

Author: Anthony Walsh
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series: Routledge advances in criminology, 7.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Noted criminologist Anthony Walsh demonstrates how information from the biological sciences both strengthens criminology work and complements traditional theories of criminal behavior. With its reasoned case for biological science as a fundamental tool of the criminologist, this text is required reading for students and faculty within the field of criminology.
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Walsh, Anthony, 1941-
Biology and criminology.
New York : Routledge, 2009
(DLC) 2008053719
(OCoLC)286458720
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Anthony Walsh
ISBN: 9780203875841 0203875842
OCLC Number: 457194051
Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 352 p.) : ill.
Contents: Why criminology needs biology --
Genetics and criminality --
Evolutionary psychology and criminality --
The neurosciences and criminality --
The anomie/strain tradition and socioeconomic status --
The social learning tradition and adolescence --
The control tradition and the family --
The human ecology/social disorganization tradition and race --
The critical tradition and conflict --
Feminist criminology and gender --
Retrospect and prospect.
Series Title: Routledge advances in criminology, 7.
Responsibility: Anthony Walsh.

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