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  2. Correlates of crime - Wikipedia

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    Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. While contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories, biosocial criminology also recognizes the potential contributions of fields such as genetics ...

  3. Biosocial criminology - Wikipedia

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    Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring biocultural factors. While contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories, biosocial criminology also recognizes the potential contributions of fields such as behavioral genetics, neuropsychology, and evolutionary psychology.

  4. Criminology - Wikipedia

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    Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. While contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories, biosocial criminology also recognizes the potential contributions of fields such as behavioral genetics ...

  5. Neurocriminology - Wikipedia

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    A study in 2010 suggested that people with cavum septi pellucidi were prone to psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and had more charges and convictions for criminal offenses. This brain maldevelopment was especially linked to lifelong antisocial behavior, i.e. a reckless disregard for self and others, lack of remorse, and aggression. [15]

  6. Evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory - Wikipedia

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    The evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory is a conceptual framework which seeks to explain trends in violent and criminal behavior from an evolutionary and biological perspective. It was first proposed by the sociologist Lee Ellis in 2005 in his paper "A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality" published in the European ...

  7. Positivist school (criminology) - Wikipedia

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    Sigmund Freud divided the personality into the id, the primitive biological drives, the superego, the internalised values, and the ego, memory, perception, and cognition. He proposed that criminal behaviour is either the result of mental illness or a weak conscience.

  8. Developmental theory of crime - Wikipedia

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    Several experiments use individuals with antisocial parents who have been adopted and raised by other people. Consistently, however, antisocial behavior prevails in the child despite the deviant, biological parents being absent. [3] One such experiment used individuals whose biological parents exhibited criminal behavior and who were adopted.

  9. Genetics of aggression - Wikipedia

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    Aggression can have many causes, including environmental factors. Environmental factors include any physical, chemical, and biological environmental factors that can influence aggression. Studies have shown that neighborhood greenspace can vastly reduce aggressive behaviors in children and adolescents.