Description |
xi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
Proceedings of a NATO conference held on the island of Skiathos, Greece, Sept. 20-24, 1982. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
Contents |
Biological Factors in Crime Causation: the Reactions of Social Scientists / Sarnoff A. Mednick -- Some Cautions for the Biological Approach to Crime Causation / Gordon Trasler -- Watch Out for That Last Variable / Malcolm W. Klein -- Implications of Biological Findings for Criminological Research / David P. Farrington - Definitions of Antisocial Behavior in Biosocial Research / Preben Wolf -- Genetic Factors in the Etiology of Criminal Behavior / Sarnoff A. Mednick, William F. Gabrielli, Jr., Barry Hutchings -- Genetic and Environmental Factors in Antisocial Behavior Disorders / C. R. Cloninger, I. I. Gottesman -- Autonomic Nervous System Factors in Criminal Behavior / Peter H. Venables -- Electroencephalogram among Criminals / Jan Volavka -- Childhood Diagnostic and Neurophysiological Predictors of Teenage Arrest Rates: An Eight-Year Prospective Study / James H. Satterfield -- Cerebral Dysfunctions and Persistent Juvenile Delinquency / W. Buikhuisen -- Violent Behavior and Cerebral Hemisphere Function / Israel Nachshon, Deborah Denno -- Perceptual Asymmetries and Information Processing in Psychopaths / Robert D. Hare, John F. Connolly -- The Neuroendocrinology and Neurochemistry of Antisocial Behavior / Robert T. Rubin -- Testosterone and Adrenaline: Aggressive Antisocial Behavior in Normal Adolescent Males / Dan Olweus -- Personality Correlates of Plasma Testosterone Levels in Young Delinquents: An Example of Person-Situation Interaction? / Daisy Schalling -- Metabolic Dysfunctions among Habitually Violent Offenders: Reactive Hypoglycemia and Cholesterol Levels / Matti Virkkunen -- The Role of Psychosurgical Studies in the Control of Antisocial Behavior / Mark A. J. O'Callaghan and Douglas Carroll -- Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Antisocial Behavior / C. R. Cloninger. |
Subject |
Criminal anthropology -- Congresses.
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Criminal anthropology. |
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Criminal behavior -- Congresses.
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Criminal behavior. |
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Sociobiology -- Congresses.
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Sociobiology. |
Indexed Term |
Man Criminal behaviour Biological factors |
Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Mednick, Sarnoff A.
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Moffitt, Terrie E.
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Stack, Susan A.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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ISBN |
0521304024 |
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9780521304023 |
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