Evolution and crime / / Jason Roach and Ken Pease

• Autore: Roach Jason <1969-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.2/4
• Soggetto topico: Criminal anthropology; Criminology; Human evolution; Criminal behavior - Genetic aspects; Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PeaseK (Kenneth)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table ofContents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Crime and evolution: strange companions?; Introduction; Thinking outside the comfort zone; Idea fusion and creativity; Is evolution true?; The story so far: a reprise; 2.People who need people?; Introduction; 'Just so stories'; How evolution might work; Eusociality; The common denominator of cultures; Levels of selection; Reprise and next steps; 3. Theory of Mind, empathy and criminal behaviour; Introduction; Theory of Mind (ToM); Empathy ; Empathy in religion and lawThe empathy circuit; The story so far and reprise; 4.The sense of fairness and the emergence of criminal justice; Introduction; Enter, criminal law; Chapter summary and reprise; 5.Violence; Introduction; Traditional explanations for violence; Violence: just human nature?; Individual differences in recourse to violence; Environmental triggers; Is human violence special?; The elephant in the room; Chapter summary and reprise; 6. Crime:it's a man thing?; Introduction; Mummy's baby, Daddy's maybe; And now for men; Discounting time; Gangs; Are women more often empaths? ; Chapter summary and reprise7.Beyond the proximal: evolution, environments and criminal behaviour; Introduction; Proximal causes of crime or 'opportunity knocks'; Environmental criminology; Routine Activity Theory; Rational Choice Theory; Crime Pattern Theory; Understanding criminal behaviour: linking the individual to environment; Affordance; Distal factors and the ultimate causes of criminal behaviour; Environmental aesthetics; Ancestral landscapes, environments and crime; Completing the circle: bringing together the proximal and distal causes of crime (or living fast and dying young) ; Chapter summary and reprise8.The ultimate mystery of inheritance; Introduction; The epigenetics revolution; The hungry winter; Why should you be interested?; 9.So what?; Introduction; Childcare agencies should monitor step-parents more carefully thanbiological parents; Seek to ensure that adolescents can envisage success in some termswhich will enhance their perceived mating opportunities; Seek to ensure more gender equality of birth and infant mortality; Resource pre-natal care more generously; Research late Pleistocene settlement design and apply lessons to plansfor crime reduction ; Facilitate retraining of criminology teachers in evolutionary theoryFinally . . .; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Human physique and behaviour has been shaped by the pressures of natural selection. This is received wisdom in all scientifically informed circles. Currently, the topic of crime is rarely touched upon in textbooks on evolution and the topic of evolution rarely even mentioned in criminology textbooks. This book for the first time explores how an evolution informed criminology has clear implications for enhancing our understanding of the criminal law, crime and criminal behaviour. This book is directed more towards students of criminology than students of evolution. It is sugges
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution and crime
• ISBN: 0-203-10108-1; 1-299-48096-9; 1-136-23371-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453024603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Crime science series (Routledge (Firm)) ; ; 12.