Sexuality and crime : a neo-Darwinian perspective /: a neo-Darwinian perspective. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthony Walsh.
• Authors: Walsh, Anthony, 1941-
• Contents: Chapter One: Bringing Biology Back In Introduction Biosocial Criminology The Fallacy of Genetic Determinism Behavior and Tinbergen’s Four Questions Chapter Two: Behavioral Genetics: Genes and Heritability From Gene to Protein The Concept of Heritability Twin and Adoption Studies Heritability in Different Environments Shared and Non-Shared Environment Gene-Environment Interaction and Gene-Environment Correlation Chapter Three: Molecular Genetics and Behavior Genetic Polymorphisms Quantitative Trait Loci Epigenetics Dopaminergic Polymorphisms and Criminal and Sexual Behavior Genetics and Human Freedom Chapter Four: How Criminal Traits Evolve and Are Retained Crime is Normal Altruism Empathy Cooperation Creates Niches for Cheats Detecting and Punishing Cheats Chapter Five: Evolutionary Theories of Crime Evolutionary Theories of Crime: Past is Prolog Cheater and Conditional Adaptation Theories The Gender Ratio Issue The Age-Crime Curve Chapter Six: Life History Theory and the Covariance of Sexual and Criminal Traits The Basics of Life History Theory Human Life Histories and the K-Factor Linking Sexuality to Criminal Traits and Behaviors The Role of the Environment on Life History Strategies Chapter Seven: The Human Brain The Enchanted Loom and Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Wiring the Brain: Experience Expected and Experience Dependent Mechanisms Synaptogenesis as Neural Darwinism Neurotransmitters The Serotonergic System Norepinephrine and Epinephrine Testosterone and Cortisol Chapter Eight: The Antisocial Personalities: Psychopaths and Sociopaths Differentiating Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, and Sociopathy The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Evolutionary Considerations The Neurobiology of Psychopathy Neurochemistry Associated with Psychopathy Sociopathy Chapter Nine: The Sex Ratio, Fast Life Histories, and Crime The Sex Ratio Crime and the Sex Ratio The Sex Ratio in the African American Community The Sex Ratio, Illegitimacy, and Poverty High Sex Ratios and Crime References
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (142 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 364.3; Criminal behavior; Criminal behavior, prediction of; Criminals -- Sexual behavior; Criminal psychology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000895148; 9781000895117
• Related ISBNs: 9781032503172
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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