Evolutionary Forensic Psychology : Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law.
Title:
Evolutionary Forensic Psychology : Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law.
Author:
Duntley, Joshua.
ISBN:
9780199717156
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Part One: Introduction and Overview -- 1 Evolutionary Forensic Psychology -- 2 The Promise of Evolutionary Psychology for Criminology: The Examples of Gender and Age -- Part Two: Adaptation and Violent Crimes -- 3 The Origins of Homicide -- 4 Intimate Partner Violence -- Part Three: Adaptation and Sex Crimes -- 5 The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment -- 6 Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Rape -- 7 The World's Oldest Profession: Evolutionary Insights into Prostitution -- Part Four: Adaptation and the Production of Criminal Behavior -- 8 Risk-Taking, Antisocial Behavior, and Life Histories -- 9 Theft -- 10 In Cold Blood: The Evolution of Psychopathy -- Part Five: Victims of Crime -- 11 Victim Adaptations -- 12 The Evolution of a Sense of Justice -- Part Six: Applications and Future Directions -- 13 Reducing Crime Evolutionarily -- 14 Did the Victim Deserve to Die? Darwin Goes to Court -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
The field of forensic psychology explores the intersection of psychology and the law. The purpose of this book is to examine topics in the field using the powerful, multidisciplinary, conceptually integrated approach that the natural sciences have embraced for decades with great success. Evolutionary Forensic Psychology is a necessary step toward a unified and complete understanding of psychology and the law. It recognizes that crime such as murder, non-lethal violence, rape and theft are manifestations of evolutionarily recurrent conflicts between individuals. The cost-inflicting strategies that we recognize as crimes may have been favored by natural selection when they gave individuals an advantage in competition for resources. Each of the chapters that comprise this volume has been selected to provide the first unified examination of important research contributions and future directions of Evolutionary Forensic Psychology.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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