The causes of crime : new biological approaches / edited by Sarnoff A. Mednick, Terrie E. Moffitt, Susan A. Stack.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Criminal anthropology -- Congresses.

Criminal behavior -- Congresses.

Sociobiology -- Congresses.

Part I. Methodological questions and implications

1. Some cautions for the biological approach to crime causation

2. Watch out for the last variable

3. Implications of biological findings for criminological research

4. Definitions of antisocial behavior in biosocial research

Part II. Evidence for the role of genetics

5. Genetic factors in the etilogy of criminal behavior

6. Genetic and environmental factors in antisocial behavior disorders

Part III. Psychological and neurophysiological factors

7. Automatic nervous system factors in criminal behavior

8. Electroencephalogram among criminals

9. Childhood diagnostic and neurophysiological predictors of teenage arrest rates: an eight-year prospective study

Part IV. Neurological factors

10. Cerebral dysfunctions and persistent juvenile delinquency

11. Violent behavior and cerebral hemisphere function

12. Perceptual asymmetries and information processing in psychopaths

Part V. Biochemical factors

13. The neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry of antisocial behavior

14. Testosterone and adrenaline: aggressive antisocial behavior in normal adolescent males

15. Personality correlates of plasma testosterone levels in young delinquents: an example of person-situation interaction?

16. Metabolic dysfunctions among habitually violent offenders: reactive hypoglycemia and cholesterol levels

Part VI. Treatment issues

17. The role of psychosurgical studies in the control of antisocial behavior

18. Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of antisocial behavior.

Originally published: 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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