Contents: Part I Introduction and Overview of Biosocial Criminology: Biosocial criminology, Kevin M. Beaver and Anthony Walsh; Biosocial interactions and correlates of crime, Anna Rudo-Hutt, Yu Gao, Andrea Glenn, Melissa Peskin, Yaling Yang and Adrian Raine; The relationship between low resting heart rate and antisocial behavior: correlation or causation?, Todd A. Armstrong. Part II Genetics and Crime: The genetics of criminality and delinquency, Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla and Sufna Gheyara; Molecular genetics and crime, John Paul Wright, Kristan Moore and Jamie Newsome; Gene x environment interactions in antisocial behavior, Christopher J. Ferguson. Part III The Brain and Crime: Neurotransmitters: indirect molecular invitations to aggression, Raymond E. Collins; The limbic system and crime, Matt DeLisi; Neurobiological perspectives of brain vulnerability in pathways to violence over the life course, Denise Paquette Boots; The neuroscientific basis of situational action theory, Kyle Treiber. Part IV Environments and Crime: The independence of criminological 'predictor' variables: a good deal of concerns and some answers from behavioral genetic research, H.
Harrington Cleveland, Charles Beekman and Yao Zheng; Birth complications and the development of criminality: a biosocial perspective, Stephen G. Tibbetts; Presaging problem behavior: the mutability of child temperament, parenting, and family environments from gestation to age 3, Matt DeLisi and Michael G, Vaughn; Social class and criminal behavior through a biosocial lens, Anthony Walsh and David G. Mueller. Part V Evolutionary Psychology and Crime: Women's avoidance of rape: an evolutionary psychological perspective, William F. McKibbin and Todd K. Shackelford; The search for human rape and anti-rape adaptations: 10 years after A Natural History of Rape, Ryan M. Ellsworth and Craig T. Palmer; The nature and utility of low self-control, Richard P.
Wiebe. Part VI Implications of Biosocial Research: Biosocial treatment and prevention strategies, Michael G. Vaughn and Ralph Groom; From petri dish to public policy: a discussion of the implications of biosocial research in the criminal justice arena, Joseph Rukus and Chris L. Gibson; Index.