Evolution and crime / / Jason Roach and Ken Pease |
Autore | Roach Jason <1969-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.2/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PeaseK (Kenneth) |
Collana | Crime science series |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal anthropology
Criminology Human evolution Criminal behavior - Genetic aspects Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-203-10108-1
1-299-48096-9 1-136-23371-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453024603321 |
Roach Jason <1969-, > | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution and crime / / Jason Roach and Ken Pease |
Autore | Roach Jason <1969-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.2/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PeaseK (Kenneth) |
Collana | Crime science series |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal anthropology
Criminology Human evolution Criminal behavior - Genetic aspects Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences |
ISBN |
1-136-23370-9
0-203-10108-1 1-299-48096-9 1-136-23371-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779667803321 |
Roach Jason <1969-, > | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution and crime / / Jason Roach and Ken Pease |
Autore | Roach Jason <1969-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.2/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PeaseK (Kenneth) |
Collana | Crime science series |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal anthropology
Criminology Human evolution Criminal behavior - Genetic aspects Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences |
ISBN |
1-136-23370-9
0-203-10108-1 1-299-48096-9 1-136-23371-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824996403321 |
Roach Jason <1969-, > | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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