The Causes of Crime : New Biological Approaches (Paperback)

Introduction: Biological factors in crime causation: the reactions of social scientists Sarnoff A. Mednick; Part I. Methodological questions and implications: 1. Some cautions for the biological approach to crime causation Gordon Trasler; 2. Watch out for that last variable Malcolm W. Klein; 3. Implications of biological findings for criminological research David P. Farrington; 4. Definitions of antisocial behaviour in biosocial research Preben Wolf; Part II. Evidence for the role of genetics: 5. Genetic factors in the etiology of criminal behaviour Sarnoff A. Mednick, William F. Gabrielli, Jr., and Barry Hutchings; 6. Genetic and environmental factors in antisocial behaviour disorders C. R. Cloninger and I. I. Gottesman; Part II. Psychophysiological and neurophysiological factors: 7. Autonomic nervous system factors in criminal behaviour Peter H. Venables; 8. Electroencephalogram among criminals Jan Volavka; 9. Childhood diagnostic and neurophysiological predictors of teenage arrest rates: an eight-year prospective study James H. Satterfield; Part IV. Neurological factors: 10. Cerebral dysfunctions and persistent juvenile delinquency W. Buikhuisen; 11. Violent behaviour and cerebral hemisphere function Israel Nachshon and Deborah Denno; 12. Perceptual asymmetries and information processing in psychopaths Robert D. Hare and John F. Connolly; Part V. Biological Factors: 13. The neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry of antisocial behaviour Robert T. Rubin; 14. Testosterone and adrenaline: aggressive antisocial behaviour in normal adolescent males Dan Olweus; 15. Personality correlates of plasma testosterone levels in young delinquents: an example of person-situation interaction? Daisy Schalling; 16. Metabolic dysfunctions among habitually violent offenders: reactive hypoglycemia and cholesterol levels Matti Virkkunen; Part VI. Treatment Issues: 17. The role of psychosurgical studies in the control of antisocial behaviour Mark A. J. O'Callaghan and Douglas Carroll; 18. Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of antisocial behaviour C. R. Cloninger; Indexes.