SOCI 388 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Scientific Method, Mixed Group, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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A man starts becoming pedophilic and extremely sexual. He is convicted with child molestation, but then it is later discovered he has a brain tumor. When they remove the brain tumor he returns to normal. Does brain tumors cause crime: biological theories have been advanced to explain crime. Current biological explanations of crime today: abnormalities of the brain, genetic predispositions, vitamin deficiencies, excess hormones, fetal alcohol syndrome, blood abnormalities . Crime is a social science, so criminology is a little skeptical of biological perspectives. Influence of biology of crime is more so a result of an interaction among genetic, hormonal features and the social and physical environment. Society shies away from biological explanations because biology and genetics are very difficult to change. Biological theory: a theory that maintains the basic determinants of human behavior, including criminality, are constitutionally or physiologically based and often inherited.
