It's nature and nurture: Integrating biology and genetics into the social learning theory of criminal behavior

Bryanna Fox

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2017, vol. 49, issue C, 22-31

Abstract: Major advances in the fields of biology, genetics, neuroscience, and psychiatry have shown that many human behaviors are impacted by factors other than social influences. Still, the field of criminology has not incorporated these biological influences into any mainstream criminological theories, leaving a large divide between theories holding entirely sociological and entirely biological explanations of criminal behavior.

Keywords: Biosocial; Social learning; Genetics; Environment; Integrated theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.01.003

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