Evolutionary criminology: towards a comprehensive explanation of crime. / Russil Durrant, Tony Ward.
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TextPublisher: Amsterdam: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2015Description: xv, 331 p. : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780123979377Subject(s): Criminal anthropology | Criminology | Human evolution | Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects | Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences | Criminal anthropology | Criminal behavior -- Genetic aspects | Criminology | Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences | Human evolutionDDC classification: 364.2 LOC classification: HV6035.D87 Online resources: Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 281-324) and index.
Contents: Criminology and evolutionary theory -- The evolutionary framework: Evolutionary theory and human evolution -- Evolutionary behavioral science -- Levels of analysis and explanations in criminology -- Explaining crime: The evolution of altruism, cooperation, and punishment -- Distal explanations: adaptations and phylogeny -- Development -- Proximate explanations: individuals, situations, and social processes -- Social-structural and cultural explanations -- Responding to crime: Punishment, public policy, and prevention -- The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders -- Looking forward from the perspective of the past --
This study explores how evolutionary biology adds to our understanding of why crime is committed, by whom, and our response to norm violations.--From publisher description.
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