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The AshgATe ReseARch comp Anion To BiosociAl TheoRies of cRime What I love about the field of Criminology is that insofar as theories are concerned, Criminology welcomes all comers with open arms, while insofar as empirical methodology is concerned, Criminology never strays from its singular devotion to a standard of excellence. This exciting new book edited by Beaver and Walsh is quintessentially Criminology. It marries innovative bio-social theory of crime with rigorous empirical science…and somehow manages to make it all very readable. Anyone who wishes to be a contemporary criminologist must make themselves familiar with the content of this new book. Any criminologist who does not read this book is by definition falling behind the times. Terrie E. Moffitt, Duke University, USA and King’s College London, UK This is the most impressive, comprehensive, and informative review of research on biological contributions to criminology. It should be required reading for all criminologists who are interested in understanding and explaining criminal behaviour. David P. Farrington, Cambridge University, UK ASHGATE RESEARCH COMPANION The Ashgate Research Companions are designed to offer scholars and graduate students a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in a particular area. The companions’ editors bring together a team of respected and experienced experts to write chapters on the key issues in their speciality, providing a comprehensive reference to the field. The Ashgate Research Companion to Biosocial Theories of Crime Edited by KEvin M. BEAvER Florida State University, USA AnThony WAlsh Boise State University, USA © Kevin M. Beaver and Anthony Walsh 2011 All rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Kevin M. Beaver and Anthony Walsh have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court East Suite 420 Union Road 101 Cherry Street Farnham Burlington, Surrey GU9 7PT vT 05401-4405 England USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data The Ashgate research companion to biosocial theories of crime. 1. Criminology. 2. Criminal behavior--Physiological aspects. 3. Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects. 4. Crime-- Sociological aspects. 5. Evolutionary psychology. i. Biosocial theories of crime ii. Beaver, Kevin M. iii. Walsh, Anthony, 1941- 364.2’4-dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Ashgate research companion to biosocial theories of crime / [edited] by Kevin M. Beaver and Anthony Walsh. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-1-4094-0843-7 (hbk) -- iSBn 978-1-4094-0844-4 (ebook) 1. Criminology. 2. Criminal psychology. 3. Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects. 4. Environmental psychology. i. Beaver, Kevin M. ii. Walsh, Anthony, 1941- Hv6025.A82 2011 364.2’5--dc22 2011015947 iSBn 9781409408437 (hbk) iSBn 9781409408444 (ebk) IV Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Group, UK Contents List of Figures ix List of Contributors xi Part I: IntroductIon and overv Iew of BIosocIal crImInology 1 Biosocial Criminology 3 Kevin M. Beaver and Anthony Walsh 2 Biosocial Interactions and Correlates of Crime 17 Anna Rudo-Hutt, Yu Gao, Andrea Glenn, Melissa Peskin, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine 3 The Relationship between Low Resting Heart Rate and Antisocial Behavior: Correlation or Causation? 45 Todd A. Armstrong Part II: genetIcs and crIme 4 The Genetics of Criminality and Delinquency 71 Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla and Sufna Gheyara 5 Molecular Genetics and Crime 93 John Paul Wright, Kristan Moore, and Jamie Newsome 6 Gene x Environment Interactions in Antisocial Behavior 115 Christopher J. Ferguson Part III: the BraIn and cr Ime 7 Neurotransmitters: Indirect Molecular Invitations to Aggression 135 Raymond E. Collins 8 The Limbic System and Crime 167 Matt DeLisi The Ashgate Research Companion to Biosocial Theories of Crime 9 Neurobiological Perspectives of Brain Vulnerability in Pathways to Violence over the Life Course 181 Denise Paquette Boots 10 The Neuroscientific Basis of Situational Action Theory 213 Kyle Treiber Part Iv: envIronments and cr Ime 11 The Independence of Criminological “Predictor” Variables: A Good Deal of Concerns and Some Answers from Behavioral Genetic Research 249 H. Harrington Cleveland, Charles Beekman, and Yao Zheng 12 Birth Complications and the Development of Criminality: A Biosocial Perspective 273 Stephen G. Tibbetts 13 Presaging Problem Behavior: The Mutuality of Child Temperament, Parenting, and Family Environments from Gestation to Age Three 291 Matt DeLisi and Michael G. Vaughn 14 Social Class and Criminal Behavior through a Biosocial Lens 305 Anthony Walsh and David G. Mueller Part v: evolutIonary Psychology and crIme 15 Women’s Avoidance of Rape: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective 331 William F. McKibbin and Todd K. Shackelford 16 The Search for Human Rape and Anti-Rape Adaptations: Ten Years after A Natural History of Rape 349 Ryan M. Ellsworth and Craig T. Palmer 17 The Nature and Utility of Low Self-Control 369 Richard P. Wiebe vi Contents Part vI: ImPlIcatIons of B IosocIal r esearch 18 Biosocial Treatment and Prevention Strategies 399 Michael G. Vaughn and Ralph Groom 19 From Petri Dish to Public Policy: A Discussion of the Implications of Biosocial Research in the Criminal Justice Arena 413 Joseph Rukus and Chris L. Gibson Index 437 vii This page has been left blank intentionally List of Figures 6.1 How culture arises from population genetics 119 6.2 The Catalyst Model of gene x environment effects on violent behavior 125 8.1 The limbic system 169 17.1 A possible phylogeny of emotions 375 17.2 The traditional explanation of adolescent behavior has been that it is due to the protracted development of the prefrontal cortex. Our model takes into consideration the development of the prefrontal cortex together with subcortical limbic regions (e.g., nucleus accumbens and amygdala) that have been implicated in risky choices and emotional reactivity 381 17.3 Mating effort and age 384 19.1 Report graphic entitled “How a DNA database could be created and used” 425
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