behavioral geneticist David C. Rowe, the book offers instructors and students a brief, contemporary presentation of biological approaches to crime with a minimum of jargon. (A background in the biological sciences is not required.)Boxes highlight special topics and examples drawn from newspaper stories to spark student interest.Chapters cover:* Behavioral genetics* Evolutionary approaches to crime* Biological tests for criminal disposition* The human genome and crime* The environment and crime* Ethical and policy implicationsThis book will enrich students' appreciation of the nexus of biology and crime--without negating non-biological theories of crime.

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