The nature and nurture of antisocial outcomes [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin M. Beaver

• Autore: Beaver Kevin M
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.3
• Soggetto topico: Criminology; Criminal behavior - Physiological aspects; Criminal behavior - Genetic aspects; Human beings - Effect of environment on; Sociobiology; Environmental psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-178) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The biosocial underpinnings to behavior -- The dopaminergic and serotonergic systems -- The national longitudinal study of adolescent health -- The gene X environment basis to antisocial phenotypes -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Beaver introduces the reader to biosocial criminology, including the ways in which genes and the environment combine together to produce different antisocial outcomes. He then proceeds to provide an empirical examination of the genetic underpinnings to criminal behaviors by analyzing data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The results of the analyses provide some evidence indicating that antisocial phenotypes are due to interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Beaver concludes with a call for criminologists and other social scientists t
• Titolo autorizzato: The nature and nurture of antisocial outcomes
• ISBN: 1-59332-428-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458300703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)