PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Steroid Hormone, Chemical Castration, Meta-Analysis
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Describe the range of biological explanations of crime, which include genetics, neurochemistry, hormones, psychophysiology, and more. Explain the basic principles of evolutionary psychology and demonstrate how these principles are used to understand crime in general as well as more specific forms of crime and specific types of criminal offenders. Demonstrate that biological and evolutionary theories of crime are as much about the environment as they are about biology and evolution. Demonstrate that biological and evolutionary explanations are not incompatible with traditional theories of crime (e. g. social learning theory), but rather are complementary. This chapter focuses on biological and evolutionary explanations for antisocial behaviour, crime, and related phenomena. A theory is simply an explanation of a particular phenomenon. Franz gall = the founding father of phrenology (a theoretical perspective positing that there is a relationship between the shape and size of a person"s head and his/her personality, mental ability, and behaviours)
