Evolutionary Criminology : Towards a Comprehensive Explanation of Crime.

Front Cover -- EVOLUTIONARY CRIMINOLOGY: TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION OF CRIME -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 - Criminology and Evolutionary Theory -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SUBJECT MATTER OF CRIMINOLOGY -- EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS IN CRIMINOLOGY -- WHY DO CRIMINOLOGISTS LARGELY IGNORE EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND WHY SHOULD THIS CHANGE? -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- Part I - THE EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK -- Chapter 2 - Evolutionary Theory and Human Evolution -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION -- THE MODERN SYNTHESIS AND MIDDLE-LEVEL EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES -- THE EXTENDED SYNTHESIS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY -- SUMMARY -- HUMAN EVOLUTION -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3 - Evolutionary Behavioral Science -- INTRODUCTION -- APPLYING EVOLUTIONARY THEORY TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR -- THE CRITICAL LITERATURE -- EVALUATION AND INTEGRATION: TOWARD AN EVOLUTIONARY BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4 - Levels of Analysis and Explanations in Criminology -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STATE OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY -- LEVELS OF ANALYSIS AND LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION -- INTEGRATION AND ISOLATION -- SUMMARY -- Part II - EXPLAINING CRIME -- Chapter 5 - The Evolution of Altruism, Cooperation, and Punishment -- INTRODUCTION -- THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES -- PUNISHMENT -- THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF COOPERATION AND PUNISHMENT -- PROXIMATE MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 6 - Distal Explanations: Adaptations and Phylogeny -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY EXPLANATORY TARGETS -- THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN MATING AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF "CRIME" -- AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE -- SEXUAL OFFENDING -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 7 - Development -- Introduction.

EXPLANATORY TARGETS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY -- APPROACHES TO EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS IN OFFENDING -- EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 8 - Proximate Explanations: Individuals, Situations, and Social Processes -- INTRODUCTION -- DYNAMIC RISK FACTORS, PROTECTIVE FACTORS, AND DESISTANCE -- AGENCY MODEL OF RISK -- RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 9 - Social-Structural and Cultural Explanations -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL TRENDS -- ECOLOGICAL VARIATIONS IN CRIME -- THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL VARIATIONS IN CRIME -- AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- Part III - RESPONDING TO CRIME -- Chapter 10 - Punishment, Public Policy, and Prevention -- INTRODUCTION -- APPLIED EVOLUTIONARY CRIMINOLOGY -- SOCIAL AND SITUATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION -- PUNISHMENT AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE -- WIDER POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Chapter 11 - The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders -- WHAT IS OFFENDER REHABILITATION? -- EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK AND REHABILITATION -- REHABILITATION IMPLICATIONS -- EXAMPLE OF EMPATHY AND ALTRUISM -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 12 - Looking Forward from the Perspective of the Past -- INTEGRATIVE PLURALISM: A DEEPER ONTOLOGY -- EMBODIMENT -- EMOTION -- DISTRIBUTED COGNITION -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Index.

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