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Implementacja socjobiologii i psychologii ewolucyjnej na grunt kryminologii
Implementation of Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology into Criminology

Author(s): Marcin Gągolewski
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Profilaktyki Społecznej i Resocjalizacji UW
Keywords: criminology; evolutionary psychology; sociobiology

Summary/Abstract: This paper outlines the issue of the implementation of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology into criminology. The author attempts to describe the way and the scope of implementation of the sociobiological approach in biological theoretical concepts of criminology. The paper presents tendencies in the development of this approach on the grounds of the science of crime, and new tendencies in the development of biological approach in the explanation of causes of delinquency, which has been supported many times with specialized studies of the central nervous system.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 315-338
  • Page Count: 24