Evolutionary criminology : towards a comprehensive explanation of crime / Russil Durrant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durrant, Russil, author.

Ward, Tony, 1954 March 17- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal anthropology.

Criminology.

Human evolution.

Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects.

Criminal behavior.

Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Theories of crime typically reflect the discipline of the theorist. There has been little attempt to construct multidisciplinary frameworks that integrate psychological, biological, and sociological concepts in explaining, and controlling, criminal activity. Evolutionary behavioral science is ideally placed to provide a comprehensive and scientifically grounded framework for understanding criminal behavior. As human beings evolved, criminal behavior was a result of adaptations, or the by-products of adaptations. This book introduces a comprehensive evolutionary behavioral science approach

Contents:

Front Cover; EVOLUTIONARY CRIMINOLOGY: TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION OF CRIME; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 - Criminology and Evolutionary Theory; INTRODUCTION; THE SUBJECT MATTER OF CRIMINOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS IN CRIMINOLOGY; WHY DO CRIMINOLOGISTS LARGELY IGNORE EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND WHY SHOULD THIS CHANGE?; AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; Part I - THE EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK; Chapter 2 - Evolutionary Theory and Human Evolution; INTRODUCTION; NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION

THE MODERN SYNTHESIS AND MIDDLE-LEVEL EVOLUTIONARY THEORIESTHE EXTENDED SYNTHESIS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SUMMARY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; SUMMARY; Chapter 3 - Evolutionary Behavioral Science; INTRODUCTION; APPLYING EVOLUTIONARY THEORY TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR; THE CRITICAL LITERATURE; EVALUATION AND INTEGRATION: TOWARD AN EVOLUTIONARY BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 4 - Levels of Analysis and Explanations in Criminology; INTRODUCTION; THE STATE OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY; LEVELS OF ANALYSIS AND LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION; INTEGRATION AND ISOLATION; SUMMARY; Part II - EXPLAINING CRIME

Chapter 5 - The Evolution of Altruism, Cooperation, and PunishmentINTRODUCTION; THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES; PUNISHMENT; THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF COOPERATION AND PUNISHMENT; PROXIMATE MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES; IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 6 - Distal Explanations: Adaptations and Phylogeny; INTRODUCTION; KEY EXPLANATORY TARGETS; THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN MATING AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF "CRIME"; AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE; SEXUAL OFFENDING; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 7 - Development

IntroductionEXPLANATORY TARGETS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY; APPROACHES TO EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS IN OFFENDING; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 8 - Proximate Explanations: Individuals, Situations, and Social Processes; INTRODUCTION; DYNAMIC RISK FACTORS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS, AND DESISTANCE; AGENCY MODEL OF RISK; RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9 - Social-Structural and Cultural Explanations; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL TRENDS; ECOLOGICAL VARIATIONS IN CRIME; THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL VARIATIONS IN CRIME

AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVESUMMARY; Part III - RESPONDING TO CRIME; Chapter 10 - Punishment, Public Policy, and Prevention; INTRODUCTION; APPLIED EVOLUTIONARY CRIMINOLOGY; SOCIAL AND SITUATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION; PUNISHMENT AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE; WIDER POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Chapter 11 - The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders; WHAT IS OFFENDER REHABILITATION?; EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK AND REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION IMPLICATIONS; EXAMPLE OF EMPATHY AND ALTRUISM; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 12 - Looking Forward from the Perspective of the Past

INTEGRATIVE PLURALISM: A DEEPER ONTOLOGY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 24, 2015).

ISBN:

0-12-398493-9

OCLC:

904959354