Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research

Anthony Walsh, Kevin M. Beaver

Routledge, Nov 12, 2008 - Social Science - 304 pages

Ideal for use, either as a second text in a standard criminology course, or for a discrete course on biosocial perspectives, this book of original chapters breaks new and important ground for ways today's criminologists need to think more broadly about the crime problem.

About the author

Anthony Walsh (Ph.D Bowling Green State University) is Professor of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, Idaho. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books and scores of articles and essays on the interplay of biological, social, and cultural factors involving crime and criminality. He is author of the text Biosocial Criminology: Introduction and Integration.

http://cja.boisestate.edu/walsh.htm

Kevin Beaver (Ph.D. University of Cincinnati) is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida State University, Tallahassee. He teaches courses on biosocial criminology and genetic / biological correlates of offending and is the author of “Do Parents Matter in Creating Self-Control in their Children? A Genetically Informed Test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Theory of Low Self-Control”, which was published in the Journal Criminology.

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/faculty-kevin-beaver.php

Bibliographic information

• Title: Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research; Criminology and Justice Studies
• Editors: Anthony Walsh, Kevin M. Beaver
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge, 2008
• ISBN: 1135857792, 9781135857790
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Law / Criminal Law / General; Law / Forensic Science; Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology; Psychology / Evolutionary Psychology; Psychology / Psychopathology / General; Psychology / Psychotherapy / General; Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science / Sociology / General