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Feminist criminology through a biosocial lens / Anthony Walsh.

Title
Feminist criminology through a biosocial lens / Anthony Walsh.
Author
Walsh, Anthony, 1941-
Publication
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.

Holdings

Details

Description
xvii, 157 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Crime > Sex differences
  • Criminal behavior > Genetic aspects
  • Feminist criminology
  • Sociobiology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Feminist criminology : perspective and concepts -- The generalizability problem -- The gender ratio problem and socialization -- General feminist theories of criminal behavior -- Social constructionism and social science's triad of "evils" -- Social constuctionism and gender -- Evolutionary approaches to gender -- Evolutionary explanations for gender differences in criminality -- From genes to gender : sexual differentiation of the brain -- Sex/gender differences in brain structure and function -- Gender differences in prosocial traits -- Gender differences in major risk factors for criminality.
ISBN
  • 9781594609664 (alk. paper)
  • 1594609667 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010050830