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The Causes of crime : new biological approaches
- Title
- The Causes of crime : new biological approaches / edited by Sarnoff A. Mednick, Terrie E. Moffitt, Susan A. Stack.
- Publication
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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- Description
- xi, 376 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Criminal anthropology > Congresses
- Criminal behavior > Congresses
- Sociobiology > Congresses
- Criminal psychology
- Behavior genetics
- Criminal Psychology
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Criminal psychology
- Behavior genetics
- Criminal anthropology
- Criminal behavior
- Sociobiology
- Kriminalität
- Soziobiologie
- Straftat
- Ursache
- Verbrechen
- Kongress
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Genre/Form
- Congress
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- Note
- Proceedings of a NATO conference held on the island of Skiathos, Greece, Sept. 20-24, 1982.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction-- biological factors in crime causation : the reactions of social scientists / Sarnoff A. Mednick -- Some cautions for the biological approach to crime causation / Gordon Trasler -- Watch out for that last variable / Malcolm W. Klein -- Implications of biological findings for criminological research / David P. Farrington -- Definitions of antisocial behavior in biosocial research / Preben Wolf -- Genetic factors in the etiology of criminal behavior / Sarnoff A. Mednick, William F. Gabrielli, Jr., and Barry Hutchings -- Genetic and environmental factors in antisocial behavior disorders / C.R. Cloninger and I.I. Gottesman -- Autonomic nervous system factors in criminal behavior / Peter H. Venables -- Electroencephalogram among criminals / Jan Volavka -- Childhood diagnostic and neurophysiological predictors of teenage arrest rates : an eight-year prospective study / James H. Satterfield -- Cerebral dysfunctions and persistent juvenile delinquency / W. Buikhuisen -- Violent behavior and cerebral hemisphere function / Israel Nachshon and Deborah Denno -- Perceptual asymmetries and information processing in psychopaths / Robert D. Hare and John F. Connolly -- The neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry of antisocial behavior / Robert T. Rubin -- Testosterone and adrenaline : aggressive antisocial behavior in normal adolescent males / Dan Olweus -- Personality correlates of plasma testosterone levels in young delinquents : an example of person-situation interaction? / Daisy Schalling -- Metabolic dysfunctions among habitually violent offenders : reactive hypoglycemia and cholesterol levels / Matti Virkkunen -- The role of psychosurgical studies in the control of antisocial behavior / Mark A.J. O'Callaghan and Douglas Carroll -- Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of antisocial behavior / C.R. Cloninger.
- ISBN
- 0521304024
- 9780521304023
- LCCN
- 86011778
- OCLC
- ocm13580318
- 13580318
- SCSB-1166650
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library