Religion, Crime and Punishment: An Evolutionary Perspective

by Zoe Poppelwell and Russil Durrant

Book Overview

This book provides a critical discussion of the way in which religion influences: criminal and antisocial behaviour, punishment and the law, intergroup conflict and peace-making, and the rehabilitation of offenders. The authors argue that in order to understand how religion is related to each of these domains it is essential to recognise the evolutionary origins of religion as well as how genetic and cultural evolutionary processes have shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319877925
• ISBN13: 9783319877921
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"