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Why Crime? reviews the very latest empirical evidence with regard to the risk factors that produce antisocial and criminal behavior. The authors meaningfully integrate risk factors identified by more than a dozen academic disciplines that increase the odds of antisocial behavior and criminality. The result is a new interdisciplinary theory that helps break down traditional barriers and overcomes the "disciplinary myopia" that plagues criminological theory. Unlike the typical criminological theory text, Why Crime? actually advances the state of criminological theory as well as the field of criminology. PowerPoint slides available upon adoption. To view sample slides from the full 31-slide presentation, click . Email [email protected] for more information. "Whether your interest is macro or micro, society or genes, Why Crime? is a tour-de-force through the criminological literature. Professors Robinson and Beaver have brilliantly explicated the interdisciplinary research on crime in a concise, fun-to-read text." Dr. Matt DeLisi, Iowa State University "What Robinson and Beaver have achieved is striking. Not only do they integrate a sound understanding of biology's role in criminal

Author

Matthew B. Robinson, Kevin M. Beaver

Publisher

Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594607073

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences