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Sexuality and Crime: A Neo-Darwinian Perspective

Sexuality and Crime: A Neo-Darwinian Perspective

Walsh, Anthony

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Criminology

CriminologySexuality

ISBN10: 1032503173
ISBN13: 9781032503172
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 16 2023
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Written by one of the leading figures in biosocial criminology and evolutionary psychology, this work explores the tight relationship between criminality and indiscriminate sexuality within the framework of life history theory. The underlying thesis is that traits associated with a strong libido, indiscriminately expressed, are intertwined with traits associated with criminal behavior; that is, excessive interest in sexual adventures pursued in an irresponsible way is undergirded by the same individual short- run hedonistic traits that define criminality. While traditional criminology tends to view sexual and criminal behavior as separate domains, many biosocial criminologists, evolutionary psychologists, neuroscientists, and behavioral and molecular geneticists are not at all surprised that a link exists between criminality and sexuality. Research shows that the statistical relationship between indiscriminate sexuality and criminal behavior is stronger than for most other variables associated with crime, although most studies dealing with this relationship are from outside the dominant environmentalist paradigm of criminology.

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