1st Edition

Evolution and Crime

By Jason Roach, Ken Pease Copyright 2013
144 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Willan

138 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Willan

144 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Willan

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... Read more

1. Crime and Evolution: Strange Companions?, 2. People Who Need People?, 3. Empathy, Theory of Mind and Criminal Behaviour, 4. The Sense of Fairness and the Emergence of Criminal Justice, 5. Violence, 6. Crime: It's a man thing?, 7. Beyond the proximal: evolution, environments and criminal behaviour, 8. The Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance, 9. So What?

Biography

Jason Roach is a Chartered Psychologist, a Reader in Crime and Policing, and the Director of the Crime and Policing Group at the University of Huddersfield. He has worked for the UK Home Office, taught at the Crime Reduction College, and worked in various mental health settings. He has published work on various criminological topics including criminal investigative practice, homicide and violent crime, terrorism, and Offender Self-Selection.

Ken Pease is a chartered forensic psychologist and currently Visiting Professor and Fellow of University College London and Visiting Professor at the University Loughbrough.