Kevin M. Beaver & J. C. Barnes 
The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology 
On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality

The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology: On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality takes a contemporary approach to address the sociological and the biological positions of human behavior by allowing preeminent scholars in criminology to speak to the effects of each on a range of topics. The text aims to facilitate an open and honest debate between the more traditional criminologists who focus primarily on environmental factors and contemporary biosocial criminologists who examine the interplay between biology/genetics and environmental factors.

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INTRODUCTION: Why We Need a Nature/Nurture Book in Criminology?

PART I: KEY CRIMINOLOGICAL CORRELATES

GENDER

Chapter 1. The Sociological Explanation: Sociological Explanations of the Gender Gap in Offending – Abigail A. Fagan

Chapter 2. The Biosocial Explanation: A Biosocial Explanation for Male-Female Differences in Criminal Involvement – Kevin M. Beaver and Joseph L. Nedelec

RACE

Chapter 3. The Sociological Explanation: Sociological Viewpoint on the Race-Crime Relationship – Nicole Leeper Piquero, Alex R. Piquero, and Eric S. Stewart

Chapter 4. The Biosocial Explanation: Human Bio-diversity and the Egalitarian Fiction – John Paul Wright and Mark Alden Morgan

SOCIAL CLASS

Chapter 5. The Sociological Explanation: A Sociological Analysis of Social Class – Karen F. Parker and Thomas Mowen

Chapter 6. The Biosocial Explanation: The Role of Intelligence and Temperament in Interpreting the SES-Crime Relationship – Anthony Walsh, Charlene Y. Taylor, and Ilhong Yun

PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

LEARNING THEORY

Chapter 7. The Sociological Explanation: Learning Theories of Crime: Promises and Pitfalls – Jonathan R. Brauer and Jonathan D. Bolen

Chapter 8. The Biosocial Explanation: The Integration of Biological and Genetic Factors into Social Learning Theory – Jamie Vaske

SELF-CONTROL THEORY

Chapter 9. The Sociological Explanation: Self-control and Crime: A Sociological Perspective – Callie H. Burt

Chapter 10. The Biosocial Explanation: Low Self-control is a Brain-Based Disorder – Matt De Lisi

STRAIN THEORY

Chapter 11. The Sociological Explanation: The Role of the Social Environment in General Strain Theory – Robert Agnew

Chapter 12. The Biosocial Explanation: General Strain Theory and Biosocial Criminology: Pathways to Successful Theoretical Integration – John M. Stogner

SOCIAL BONDING THEORY

Chapter 13. The Sociological Explanation: Social Bonding and Crime – Ryan Schroeder

Chapter 14. The Biosocial Explanation: A Biosocial View of Social Bond Theory – Danielle Boisvert

PART III: SPECIFIC TYPES OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

Chapter 15. The Sociological Explanation: When Violence is the Norm: Sociological Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence – Tasha A. Menaker and Cortney A. Franklin

Chapter 16. The Biosocial Explanation: Some Kind of Madness: The Biosocial Origins of Intimate Partner Violence – Brian B. Boutwell and Richard Lewis

CHILDHOOD ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR/CONDUCT DISORDER

Chapter 17. The Sociological Explanation: Parents and Peers as Institutions of Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence: Implications for Delinquent Behavior – Carter Rees and Jacob T.N. Young

18. The Biosocial Explanation: A Biosocial Review on Childhood Antisocial Behavior – Chris L. Gibson and Elise T. Costa

DRUG USE AND ABUSE

Chapter 19. The Sociological Explanation: Sociological Criminology and Drug Use: A Review of Leading Theories – J. Mitchell Miller and Holly Ventura Miller

Chapter 20. The Biosocial Explanation: Drug Abuse, Addiction, and Crime: A Cell to Society Perspective – Michael G. Vaughn, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, and Brandy R. Maynard

PART IV: TRENDS, CURRENT ISSUES, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

THE CRIME DROP

Chapter 21. The Sociological Explanation: A Sociological Explanation of Crime Rates and Trends – Wesley G. Jennings and Jennifer M. Reingle

Chapter 22. The Biosocial Explanation: Darwin, Dawkins, Wright, Pinker and the Reasons that Crime Declined – Brian B. Boutwell and J.C. Barnes

THE AGE-CRIME CURVE

Chapter 23. The Sociological Explanation: The Age and Crime Relationship: Social Variation, Social Explanations – Jeffery T. Ulmer and Darrell Steffensmeier

Chapter 24. The Biosocial Explanation: The Puzzling Relationship between Age and Criminal Behavior: A Biosocial Critique of the Criminological Status Quo – J.C. Barnes, Cody Jorgensen, Daniel Pacheco, and Michael Ten Eyck

POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Chapter 25. The Sociological Explanation: Policy Implications of Sociological Theories of Crime: Why are they so Seldom Considered or Discussed? – Danielle J. Baily, Robert Lytle, and Lisa L. Sample

Chapter 26. The Biosocial Explanation: Policy Implications of Biosocial Criminology: Crime Prevention and Offender Rehabilitation – Michael Rocque, Brandon C. Welsh, and Adrian Raine

关于作者

Brian B. Boutwell is currently an assistant professor in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. His research interests span a variety of disciplines and include behavior genetics, developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, as well as life course and theoretical criminology. His work has appeared in such journals as Developmental Psychology, Behavior Genetics, Theoretical Biology, Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Aggressive Behavior, among others.