Chapter 14: Biosocial theories Flashcards
People don’t fear crime or the consequences of committing crime.
Fearlessness theory.
Combining biology and sociology.
Biosocial theories
Completed in 2003. Cost 3 billion dollars. 15 year study. Studies 100,000 DNA sequences.
Human genome project.
Cat scans and MRI’s are examples of…..
techniques to support biosocial theories.
There are two ways that biological creatures approach reproduction. 1)let’s make a lot to
continue the line or genealogy, 2)let’s not just make a lot but lets nurture the ones we make.
r/k approach.
Female aggression. A biosocial theory. Hormones and sociological issues. For males, testosterone and aggression.
Postpartum depression.