A unified crime theory: The evolutionary taxonomy
| Autor: | Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, Chris L. Gibson, Raelynn Deaton Haynes, Joseph L. Nedelec, J. C. Barnes |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Point (typography) business.industry Perspective (graphical) Poison control Context (language use) Viewpoints Criminal behavior Evolutionary taxonomy Pathology and Forensic Medicine Variety (cybernetics) Epistemology Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Forensic engineering business |
| Zdroj: | Aggression and Violent Behavior. 25:343-353 |
| ISSN: | 1359-1789 |
| Popis: | Multiple scientific disciplines have weighed in with different viewpoints regarding the origins of criminal behavior among human beings. What is lacking, however, is a framework capable of uniting the theoretical viewpoints into a single overarching perspective. The current article offers such a framework. Drawing on a variety of influences, we argue that many types of crime can be understood in the evolutionary context of human life history. Along these lines, we present a framework capable of explaining different patterns of criminal offending both at the individual level as well as the macro-level. Although the current article offers only a starting point, the way forward in the study of crime should involve a multi-disciplinary, multilevel explanatory framework. The evolutionary taxonomy we propose represents a step in that direction. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect