Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research (Criminology and Justice Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415989434 ISBN 13: 9780415989435

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Ideal for use, either as a second text in a standard criminology course, or for a discrete course on biosocial perspectives, this book of original chapters breaks new and important ground for ways today's criminologists need to think more broadly about the crime problem.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Walsh (Ph.D Bowling Green State University) is Professor of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, Idaho.  He is the author or editor of more than 20 books and scores of articles and essays on the interplay of biological, social, and cultural factors involving crime and criminality.  He is author of the text Biosocial Criminology: Introduction and Integration.

http://cja.boisestate.edu/walsh.htm

Kevin Beaver (Ph.D. University of Cincinnati) is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida State University, Tallahassee.  He teaches courses on biosocial criminology and genetic / biological correlates of offending and is the author of “Do Parents Matter in Creating Self-Control in their Children? A Genetically Informed Test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Theory of Low Self-Control”, which was published in the Journal Criminology.

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/faculty-kevin-beaver.php

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0415989434
• ISBN 13: 9780415989435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Walsh Anthony, Beaver Kevin M.