The nature and nurture of antisocial outcomes

The nature and nurture of antisocial outcomes / Kevin M. Beaver.

Beaver introduces the reader to biosocial criminology, including the ways in which genes and the environment combine together to produce different antisocial outcomes. He then proceeds to provide an empirical examination of the genetic underpinnings to criminal behaviors by analyzing data drawn from...

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Main Author: Beaver, Kevin M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, ©2008.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Criminology.
Criminal behavior > Physiological aspects.
Criminal behavior > Genetic aspects.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Sociobiology.
Environmental psychology.
criminology.
environmental psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminal behavior > Genetic aspects
Criminology
Environmental psychology
Human beings > Effect of environment on
Sociobiology
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Summary:Beaver introduces the reader to biosocial criminology, including the ways in which genes and the environment combine together to produce different antisocial outcomes. He then proceeds to provide an empirical examination of the genetic underpinnings to criminal behaviors by analyzing data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The results of the analyses provide some evidence indicating that antisocial phenotypes are due to interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Beaver concludes with a call for criminologists and other social scientists t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (v, 180 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-178) and index.
ISBN:9781593324285
1593324286
159332300X
9781593323004
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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