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Sexuality and Crime

A Neo-Darwinian Perspective
 
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Short description:

This work explores the tight relationship between criminality and indiscriminate sexuality within the framework of life history theory.

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Written by one of the leading figures in biosocial criminology and evolutionary psychology, this work explores the tight relationship between criminality and indiscriminate sexuality within the framework of life history theory. The underlying thesis is that traits associated with a strong libido, indiscriminately expressed, are intertwined with traits associated with criminal behavior; that is, excessive interest in sexual adventures pursued in an irresponsible way is undergirded by the same individual short- run hedonistic traits that define criminality. While traditional criminology tends to view sexual and criminal behavior as separate domains, many biosocial criminologists, evolutionary psychologists, neuroscientists, and behavioral and molecular geneticists are not at all surprised that a link exists between criminality and sexuality. Research shows that the statistical relationship between indiscriminate sexuality and criminal behavior is stronger than for most other variables associated with crime, although most studies dealing with this relationship are from outside the dominant environmentalist paradigm of criminology.


Using life history theory as the theoretical umbrella for exploring the relationship between indiscriminate sexuality and criminal behavior, the book explores how and why criminal behavior is related to hypersexuality. Life history theory, which has a long and fruitful history of use among evolutionary biologists who use it to investigate the relationship between mating strategies and the environment among various species of animals (including humans) is particularly suited to understanding how an exclusive focus on mating effort is related to criminal behavior.


This book will be of interest to scholars and students in criminology, psychology, and sociology, and anyone interested in examining the interconnection between biological, psychological, and socio- environmental factors in relation to criminal behavior.

Table of Contents:

Chapter One: Bringing Biology Back In



Introduction


Biosocial Criminology


The Fallacy of Genetic Determinism


Behavior and Tinbergen?s Four Questions



Chapter Two: Behavioral Genetics: Genes and Heritability



From Gene to Protein


The Concept of Heritability


Twin and Adoption Studies


Heritability in Different Environments


Shared and Non-Shared Environment


Gene-Environment Interaction and Gene-Environment Correlation



Chapter Three: Molecular Genetics and Behavior



Genetic Polymorphisms


Quantitative Trait Loci


Epigenetics


Dopaminergic Polymorphisms and Criminal and Sexual Behavior


Genetics and Human Freedom



Chapter Four: How Criminal Traits Evolve and Are Retained



Crime is Normal


Altruism


Empathy


Cooperation Creates Niches for Cheats


Detecting and Punishing Cheats



Chapter Five: Evolutionary Theories of Crime



Evolutionary Theories of Crime: Past is Prolog


Cheater and Conditional Adaptation Theories


The Gender Ratio Issue


The Age-Crime Curve



Chapter Six: Life History Theory and the Covariance of Sexual and Criminal Traits



The Basics of Life History Theory


Human Life Histories and the K-Factor


Linking Sexuality to Criminal Traits and Behaviors


The Role of the Environment on Life History Strategies



Chapter Seven: The Human Brain



The Enchanted Loom and Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory


Wiring the Brain: Experience Expected and Experience Dependent Mechanisms


Synaptogenesis as Neural Darwinism


Neurotransmitters


The Serotonergic System


Norepinephrine and Epinephrine


Testosterone and Cortisol



Chapter Eight: The Antisocial Personalities: Psychopaths and Sociopaths



Differentiating Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, and Sociopathy


The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised


Evolutionary Considerations


The Neurobiology of Psychopathy


Neurochemistry Associated with Psychopathy


Sociopathy



Chapter Nine: The Sex Ratio, Fast Life Histories, and Crime



The Sex Ratio


Crime and the Sex Ratio


The Sex Ratio in the African American Community


The Sex Ratio, Illegitimacy, and Poverty


High Sex Ratios and Crime



References



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