1st Edition

Social Class and Crime A Biosocial Approach

By Anthony Walsh Copyright 2011
184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Social class has been at the forefront of sociological theories of crime from their inception. It is explicitly central to some theories such as anomie/strain and conflict, and nips aggressively at the periphery of others such as social control theory. Yet none of these theories engage in a systematic exploration of what social class is, how individuals come to be placed in one rung of the class... Read more

1. The Biosocial Approach  2. Genes, Environments, and Behavior  3. Evolutionary Psychology, Crime and Status  4. The Neurosciences, Conscience and the Softwired Brain  5. Social Class and Criminal Behavior: Myth or Reality?  6. The Class-Crime Relationship in Criminological Theories  7. Social Class and Socialization  8. Poverty, Crime and Developmental Neurobiology  9. Social Stratification, the Genome, and Social Structure  10. The Nature and Nurture of Intelligence  11. Class Mobility: Ascription or Achievement?

Biography

Anthony Walsh received his Ph.D. in criminology from Bowling Green University, Ohio in 1983. He has field experience in both law enforcement and corrections, and teaches criminology, law, and statistics at Boise State University, Idaho. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 26 books and over 100 journal articles. His primary interest is in the integration of the biological and social sciences in the development of a truly scientific criminology. Among his most recent books are: Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research (with Kevin Beaver); Biology and Criminology: The Biosocial Synthesis; and Research Methods in Criminal Justice (with Lee Ellis & Richard Hartley).