The Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of Crime

by Nicole Rafter

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What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, a trait inherent in the offender's brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists and self-deluded charlatans, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of a tantalizing but disturbing possibility: that criminality may be inherited as a set of genetic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814776140

ISBN13:9780814776148

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:316 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Behavioral Sciences Biological Sciences Biology Criminology Politics & Social Sciences Science & Math Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Technology

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