Key Contested Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice - A Biopsychosocial Perspective

Key Contested Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice addresses the key issues within criminology and criminal justice that are strongly contested among scholars in the field.

List of contents

Section 1: Philosophical Issues 1. Philosophy in Criminology/Criminal Justice 2. Ideology and Criminology 3. Human Nature and Criminology 4. The Issue of Free Will Versus Determinism Section 2: Biopsychosocial Issues 5. Integrating the Natural Sciences with Criminology 6. Behavioral and Molecular Genetics 7. The Human Brain 8. Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Development 9. Rationality or Emotion: Which One Drives the Bus? Section 3: Issues of Crime Causation 10. Social Learning v. Social and Self-Control Theories 11. Radical/Critical Idealism Versus Orthodox Realism 12. What is Intelligence and How is it Related to Crime? 13. Issues Related to Socioeconomic Status, Poverty, and Crime 14. Religion: Barrier or Bridge to Antisocial Behavior? Section 4: Issues in Criminal Justice 15. Abolish the Police: Why or Why Not 16. Issues in Criminal Punishment 17. Issues in Criminal Sentencing 18. The Death Penalty Issue

About the author

Anthony Walsh is an emeritus professor at Boise State University, from which he retired at age 77 after 34 years of service. He has worked as a marine, police officer, and adult probation officer and entered academia at the ripe old age of 43. He has published 57 books and over 150 articles/book chapters/encyclopedia entries. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the Biosocial Criminology Association (2014) and the Biopsychosocial Division of the American Society of Criminology (2019).

Product details

• Authors: Walsh Anthony
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 05.11.2025
• EAN: 9781041119784
• ISBN: 978-1-041-11978-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Crime Science Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Criminal or forensic psychology, Legal aspects of criminology, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects