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Evolutionary Criminology : Towards a Comprehensive Explanation of Crime by Russil Durrant and Tony Ward (2015, Hardcover)

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PublisherElsevier Science & Technology

ISBN-100123979374

ISBN-139780123979377

eBay Product ID (ePID)210821836

Product Key Features

Number of Pages348 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEvolutionary Criminology : Towards a Comprehensive Explanation of Crime

Publication Year2015

SubjectEvolutionary Psychology, Forensic Science, Criminology

TypeTextbook

AuthorRussil Durrant, Tony Ward

Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, Psychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2015-487608

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"...a great job of summarizing the field of evolutionary psychology in a brief but detailed and accurate fashion, showing how it could be related to the study of crime."-- PsycCRITIQUES, Evolutionary Criminology

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal364.2

Table Of Content1. Criminology and Evolutionary Theory Part 1: The Evolutionary Framework 2. Evolutionary Theory and Human Evolution 3. Evolutionary Behavioral Science 4. Levels of Analysis and Explanations in Criminology Part 2: Explaining Crime 5. The Evolution of Altruism, Cooperation, and Punishment 6. Distal Explanations: Adaptations and Phylogeny 7. Development 8. Proximate Explanations: Individuals, Situations, and Social Processes 9. Social Structural and Cultural Explanations Part 3: Responding to Crime 10.Punishment, Public Policy, and Prevention 11.The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders 12.Looking Forward from the Perspective of the Past

SynopsisIn our attempts to understand crime, researchers typically focus on proximate factors such as the psychology of offenders, their developmental history, and the social structure in which they are embedded. While these factors are important, they don't tell the whole story. Evolutionary Criminology: Towards a Comprehensive Explanation of Crime explores how evolutionary biology adds to our understanding of why crime is committed, by whom, and our response to norm violations. This understanding is important both for a better understanding of what precipitates crime and to guide approaches for effectively managing criminal behavior. This book is divided into three parts. Part I reviews evolutionary biology concepts important for understanding human behavior, including crime. Part II focuses on theoretical approaches to explaining crime, including the evolution of cooperation, and the evolutionary history and function of violent crime, drug use, property offending, and white collar crime. The developmental origins of criminal behavior are described to account for the increase in offending during adolescence and early adulthood as well as to explain why some offenders are more likely to desist than others. Proximal causes of crime are examined, as well as cultural and structural processes influencing crime. Part III considers human motivation to punish norm violators and what this means for the development of a criminal justice system. This section also considers how an evolutionary approach contributes to our understanding of crime prevention and reduction. The section closes with an evolutionary approach to understanding offender rehabilitation and reintegration., In our attempts to understand crime, researchers typically focus on proximate factors such as the psychology of offenders, their developmental history, and the social structure in which they are embedded. While these factors are important, they don't tell the whole story. Evolutionary Criminology: Towards a Comprehensive Explanation of Crime explores how evolutionary biology adds to our understanding of why crime is committed, by whom, and our response to norm violations. This understanding is important both for a better understanding of what precipitates crime and to guide approaches for effectively managing criminal behavior. This book is divided into three parts. Part I reviews evolutionary biology concepts important for understanding human behavior, including crime. Part II focuses on theoretical approaches to explaining crime, including the evolution of cooperation, and the evolutionary history and function of violent crime, drug use, property offending, and white collar crime. The developmental origins of criminal behavior are described to account for the increase in offending during adolescence and early adulthood as well as to explain why some offenders are more likely to desist than others. Proximal causes of crime are examined, as well as cultural and structural processes influencing crime. Part III considers human motivation to punish norm violators and what this means for the development of a criminal justice system. This section also considers how an evolutionary approach contributes to our understanding of crime prevention and reduction. The section closes with an evolutionary approach to understanding offender rehabilitation and reintegration. Reviews how evolutionary findings improve our understanding of crime and punishment Examines motivations to offend, and to punish norm violators Articulates evolutionary explanations for adolescent crime increase Identifies how this knowledge can aid in crime prevention and reduction, and in offender rehabilitation

LC Classification NumberHV6025