The Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology

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Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. Since the mapping of the human genome, scientists have been able to study the biosocial causes of human behaviour with the greatest specificity. After decades of almost exclusive sociological focus, criminology has undergone a paradigm shift where the field is more interdisciplinary and this book combines perspectives from criminology and sociology with contributions from fields such as genetics, neuropsychology, and evolutionary psychology. The Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology is the largest and most comprehensive work of its kind, and is organized into five sections that collectively span the terrain of biosocial research on antisocial behavior. Bringing together leading experts from around the world, this book considers the criminological, genetic and neuropsychological foundations of offending, as well as the legal and criminal justice applications of biosocial criminological theory. The handbook is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners from across the social, behavioural, and natural sciences who are engaged in the study of antisocial behaviour. Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Acknowledgements PART I Criminological foundations 1 A unified theory of crime and delinquency: foundation for a biosocial criminology 2 Biosocial criminology as a paradigm shift 3 An evolutionary perspective on interpersonal violence: sex differences and personality links 4 Key findings from biosocial research and what they mean for the future of criminology 5 Sociobiology of lethal violence in small-scale societies PART II Genetic foundations of antisocial behavior 6 Genetic influences on antisocial behavior over the life-course 7 Peer effects and molecular genetics in adolescent antisocial behavior 8 Neurogenetics of antisocial aggression 9 Stress and antisocial behavior: the serotonin system 10 When humans prey on one another: understanding the biosocial origins of victimization 11 Behavioral genetics and antisocial spectrum disorders 12 The warrior gene: MAOA genotype and antisocial behavior in males 13 New methods in gene–environment interplay: the extended children of twin design PART III Neurological and neuropsychological foundations of antisocial behavior 14 Neuroimaging and antisocial behavior 15 Neuropsychology of psychopathic traits in children 16 The psychopharmacology of criminality and oxytocin modulation of social behavior in aggressive individuals 17 The neurobiology of aggression: looking underneath the hood 18 Why focusing on nurture made and still makes sense: the biosocial development of self-control 19 Brain abnormalities in psychopathy 20 Self-reported head injuries among delinquent youth 21 Executive functioning, reward processing, and antisocial behavior in adolescent males PART IV Biosocial mechanisms of antisocial conditions and antisocial behavior 22 Temperament as a biosocial construct for understanding antisocial behavior 23 Why DRD4? An evolutionary-informed model of DRD4 and antisocial behavior 24 Biosocial foundations of externalizing behaviors 25 The biological etiology of psychopathy 26 Development of aggression and violence from infancy to adulthood: a biopsychosocial perspective 27 Childhood maltreatment: an environmental pathogen? 28 Early dispositional risks for conduct problems and gene–environment interplay 29 Blackout: the traumatic brain injury association with career criminality withstands powerful confounds 30 Social stress and the gene–environment influences on crime and delinquency 31 Understanding families from a biosocial perspective PART V Legal and criminal justice applications 32 Intelligence as the quintessential biosocial variable: an examination of etiological factors and associations with criminal offending and criminal justice processing 33 Brain development and risk taking during adolescence: implications for prevention of antisocial behavior 34 Offender rehabilitation from a maturation/biosocial perspective 35 Antisocial cognition and criminal thinking: theoretical interpretations and biosocial implications 36 Sexual homicide: a clinical and investigative analysis 37 Neuroethics of criminal responsibility: mental disorders influencing behavior 38 Alcohol and drug misuse as a biosocial source of crime 39 Empathy, crime, and justice 40 Family interventions and their biosocial bases 41 Action–reaction? Forensic evidence analysis and forensic awareness in sexual homicide 42 Prison as an environmental pathogen 43 Biosocial criminology: the future is here Index