The Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology

Book Overview

Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. Since the mapping of the human genome, scientists have been able to study the biosocial causes of human behaviour with the greatest specificity.

After decades of almost exclusive sociological focus, criminology has undergone a paradigm shift where the field is more interdisciplinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415722136
• ISBN13: 9780415722131
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 9.7"