Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the role of nature and nurture in exploring risk factors for offending.
- Describe the various types of cytogenetic disorders and which type(s) puts a person at highest risk for criminality.
- Identify the hormones that play a key role in individuals who tend to engage in chronic offending. Make sure to consider females and the gender gap in offending as you read this chapter.
- Explain how neurotransmitters differ from hormones, and note which of the former are the most often implicated in criminality at either high or low levels.
- Identify the regions of the brain that criminological studies implicate for both structural trauma and functioning disorders.
- Compare and contrast the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system and identify the ways both systems play an important part in individuals’ decisions to engage in criminal activity.