Born to Crime: The Genetic Causes of Criminal Behavior

Author:   Lawrence Taylor
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Volume:   No. 2
ISBN:  

9780313241727


Pages:   179
Publication Date:   23 May 1984
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lawrence Taylor
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 2
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780313241727


ISBN 10:   0313241724
Pages:   179
Publication Date:   23 May 1984
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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"?Born To Crime makes a clear and compelling case for the intellectual and practical significance of the theory of the born criminal and its varies expressions in the culture and practice of criminal justice in modern Italy. However, as Gibson's very useful book convinces us, a belief that physical features reveal underlying pathologies of character, which criminal anthropology shared with racists, eugeuicists, and antisemites all over the industrialized world in the first half of the twentieth century, prepared the way for far more sinister consequences.?-Journal of Modern History ?The present work reviews some of the recent evidence supporting the proposition that genetic or biochemical factors critically influence crime-related behavior. In the introductory chapters, Taylor disassociates present biogenic research from discredited, earlier approaches ... and outlines a sociobiological understanding of evolution. Individual chapters then consider the apparent roots of various kinds of deviant behavior....In the final chapters, Taylor discusses some admittedly controversial implications of a biogenic perspective for criminal justice policy.... The book is written in a clear, very accessible style.?-Choice ""Born To Crime makes a clear and compelling case for the intellectual and practical significance of the theory of the born criminal and its varies expressions in the culture and practice of criminal justice in modern Italy. However, as Gibson's very useful book convinces us, a belief that physical features reveal underlying pathologies of character, which criminal anthropology shared with racists, eugeuicists, and antisemites all over the industrialized world in the first half of the twentieth century, prepared the way for far more sinister consequences.""-Journal of Modern History ""The present work reviews some of the recent evidence supporting the proposition that genetic or biochemical factors critically influence crime-related behavior. In the introductory chapters, Taylor disassociates present biogenic research from discredited, earlier approaches ... and outlines a sociobiological understanding of evolution. Individual chapters then consider the apparent roots of various kinds of deviant behavior....In the final chapters, Taylor discusses some admittedly controversial implications of a biogenic perspective for criminal justice policy.... The book is written in a clear, very accessible style.""-Choice"


?The present work reviews some of the recent evidence supporting the proposition that genetic or biochemical factors critically influence crime-related behavior. In the introductory chapters, Taylor disassociates present biogenic research from discredited, earlier approaches ... and outlines a sociobiological understanding of evolution. Individual chapters then consider the apparent roots of various kinds of deviant behavior....In the final chapters, Taylor discusses some admittedly controversial implications of a biogenic perspective for criminal justice policy.... The book is written in a clear, very accessible style.?-Choice


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