Biosocial criminology and modern crime prevention

Michael Rocque, Brandon C. Welsh and Adrian Raine

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2012, vol. 40, issue 4, 306-312

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2012.05.003

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