Biosocial criminology and modern crime prevention
Objective: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, criminological efforts to prevent or reduce crime were centered on addressing presumed biological causes of crime. Most of these strategies involved calls for eugenics—proposals that today are considered unethical and morally reprehensible. Biolo...
| Published in: | Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 306 - 313 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jul/Aug2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=77446716&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 77446716 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00472352 JOC jtl: Journal of Criminal Justice issn: 00472352 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul/Aug2012 vid: 40 iid: 4 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 77446716 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2012.05.003 ppf: 306 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Biosocial criminology and modern crime prevention aug: au: Rocque, Michael Welsh, Brandon C. Raine, Adrian affil: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Sociology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1008 BH Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA su: Criminology Biosocial theory Criminal sociology Crime prevention -- Social aspects Sociocultural factors Law & biology sug: subj: Criminology Biosocial theory Criminal sociology Crime prevention -- Social aspects Sociocultural factors Law & biology ab: Objective: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, criminological efforts to prevent or reduce crime were centered on addressing presumed biological causes of crime. Most of these strategies involved calls for eugenics—proposals that today are considered unethical and morally reprehensible. Biologically-oriented criminology and crime control policies have re-emerged with new sophistication and attention to the importance of social context. Additionally, developmental crime prevention, with a special focus on biological/physiological risk factors in the early life course, has become influential in criminology. This paper examines the relevance of biology to modern day crime prevention. Materials and methods: Narrative review of the theoretical and empirical literature of biology and developmental crime prevention. Results: There are a growing number of developmental crime prevention programs that address biological risk factors for delinquency and later criminal offending. These programs are found in the family, school, and community domains. Evidence suggests that these programs can reduce crime. Conclusions: While “biological crime prevention” as a separate field has not yet emerged, findings show that crime prevention programs can and do address biology in a sociologically sensitive manner—and these programs have shown significant impacts on crime. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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