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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Amsterdam: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2015Description: xv, 331 p. : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780123979377
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.2 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6035.D87
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Contents:
Contents: Criminology and evolutionary theory -- The evolutionary framework: Evolutionary theory and human evolution -- Evolutionary behavioral science -- Levels of analysis and explanations in criminology -- Explaining crime: The evolution of altruism, cooperation, and punishment -- Distal explanations: adaptations and phylogeny -- Development -- Proximate explanations: individuals, situations, and social processes -- Social-structural and cultural explanations -- Responding to crime: Punishment, public policy, and prevention -- The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders -- Looking forward from the perspective of the past --
Summary: This study explores how evolutionary biology adds to our understanding of why crime is committed, by whom, and our response to norm violations.--From publisher description.
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Books WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY Law Library WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY HV6035.D87 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available KSL/2424/626/23

Includes bibliographical references (page 281-324) and index.

Contents: Criminology and evolutionary theory -- The evolutionary framework: Evolutionary theory and human evolution -- Evolutionary behavioral science -- Levels of analysis and explanations in criminology -- Explaining crime: The evolution of altruism, cooperation, and punishment -- Distal explanations: adaptations and phylogeny -- Development -- Proximate explanations: individuals, situations, and social processes -- Social-structural and cultural explanations -- Responding to crime: Punishment, public policy, and prevention -- The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders -- Looking forward from the perspective of the past --

This study explores how evolutionary biology adds to our understanding of why crime is committed, by whom, and our response to norm violations.--From publisher description.

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