Evolutionary criminology : towards a comprehensive explanation of crime

Durrant, Russil. (Author). Ward, Tony, 1954- (Added Author).

Summary: This study explores how evolutionary biology adds to our understanding of why crime is committed, by whom, and our response to norm violations.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0123979374
ISBN: 9780123979377
Physical Description: print
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xv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Amsterdam : Academic Press, Elsevier, [2015].

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 281-324) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Criminology and evolutionary theory -- Evolutionary theory and human evolution -- Evolutionary behavioral science -- Levels of analysis and explanations in criminology -- The evolution of altruism, cooperation, and punishment -- Distal explanations : adaptations and phylogeny -- Development -- Proximate explanations : individuals, situations, and social processes -- Social-structural and cultural explanations -- Punishment, public policy, and prevention -- The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders -- Looking forward from the perspective of the past.