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Description of  Fitting the Facts of Crime: An Invitation to Biopsychosocial Criminology

Biosocial criminologyand biosocial criminologistsfocuses on both the environmental and biological factors that contribute to antisocial behavior. Importantly, these two domains are not separate parts of an equation but pieces of the same puzzle that fit together for a complete picture of the causes of crime/antisocial behavior. Fitting the Facts of Crime applies a biopsychosocial lens to the 13 facts of crime identified by John Braithwaite in his classic book, Crime, Shame and Reintegration. The authors unpack established factsabout gender and sex, age, environment, education, class, social bonds and associations, stress, and other influencesproviding both empirical research and evidence from biopsychosocial criminology to address the etiology behind these facts and exactly how they are related to deviant behavior. Read more