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Title The Causes of crime : new biological approaches / edited by Sarnoff A. Mednick, Terrie E. Moffitt, Susan A. Stack.

Publication Info. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

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 Moore Stacks  HV6035 .C38 1987    Available  ---
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.
Criminal anthropology.
Criminal behavior -- Congresses.
Criminal behavior.
Sociobiology -- Congresses.
Sociobiology.
Indexed Term Man Criminal behaviour Biological factors
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Mednick, Sarnoff A.
Moffitt, Terrie E.
Stack, Susan A.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
ISBN 0521304024
9780521304023