Crime Human Nature The Definitive Study of

From Simon & Schuster, Crime & Human Nature is the definitive study of the causes of crime.

Assembling the latest evidence from the fields of sociology, criminology, economics, medicine, biology, and psychology and exploring the effects of such factors as gender, age, race, and family, two eminent social scientists frame a groundbreaking theory of criminal behavior.

James Quinn Wilson was an academic, political scientist, and an authority on public administration.

Preface

13

(6)

I. Explaining Crime

Crime and Its Explanation

19

(22)

A Theory of Criminal Behavior

41

(28)

II. Constitutional Factors

Constitutional Factors in Criminal Behavior

69

(35)

Gender

104

(22)

Age

126

(22)

Intelligence

148

(25)

Personality and Psychopathology

173

(40)

III. Developmental Factors

Families

213

(32)

Broken and Abusive Families

245

(19)

Schools

264

(25)

IV. Social Context

Community

289

(23)

Labor Markets

312

(25)

Television and the Mass Media

337

(18)

Alcohol and Heroin

355

(19)

Altering the Social Context

374

(33)

V. History and Culture

Historical Trends in Crime

407

(32)

Crime Across Cultures

439

(20)

Race and Crime

459

(30)

VI. Crime, Human Nature, and Society

Punishment and Personal Responsibility

489

(19)

Human Nature and the Political Order

508

(23)

Appendix

531

(6)

Notes

537

(22)

References

559

(54)

Index

613

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Crime Human Nature The Definitive Study of the Causes of Crime

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