Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior

by Gail S. Anderson

Book Overview

Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior, Second Edition is fully updated to include recent research, studies, and publications examining the integration of the biological view with mainstream social, psychological, and environmental views in influences in criminality and criminal behavior.

The first edition of the book was written with the belief, grounded in research, that something vital can be discovered when we assess...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032921625
• ISBN13: 9781032921624
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 342 Pages

Customer Reviews

A great resource!

I purchased this book as a required text for a graduate class on human behavior and crime. I admit I was very skeptical about the effects of biology on criminal behavior, but after reading this book, I am beginning to change my views. In contrast to older biological theories, this text uses the risk factor approach to crime causation, which looks at biological factors and environmental influences to explain behavior. It fills in many of the blanks left by other theories. If you are an open-minded person looking to enrich your understanding of criminal behavior, I highly recommend this book.