Crime Prevention and Treatment Policies
A Biopsychosocial Approach

By (author) Anthony Walsh

ISBN13: 9781041078012

Imprint: Routledge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 08/08/2025

Availability: Not yet available

Description
This book shows how to use biopsychosocial assessment for crime prevention and to achieve more individualized treatment for those who commit crimes. Author Anthony Walsh, a prominent figure in biosocial criminology for more than four decades, examines the treatment policy recommendations of major criminological theories and how they might be improved by integrating relevant biopsychosocial insights. Walsh contends that sound crime prevention and treatment policies must be based on empirical evidence derived from theories about the causes of crime if they are to reduce incarceration rates. The biopsychosocial perspective improves on traditional theories by examining all putative causes of crime from the micro to the macro— from neurons to neighborhoods— and should thus improve prevention and treatment efforts. The understanding of the genetic, neurobiological, and physiological components of antisocial behavior has improved exponentially over the past three decades. The relevant biological measures (e.g., genotyping, hormone assays, autonomic system arousal levels, resting heart rates) are routinely examined in university labs for research purposes. This book shows how measures of these components can be fruitfully integrated into the risk- need- responsivity model of offender treatment. Offering a fresh perspective, this book is essential for both scholars and practitioners wishing to explore treatment modalities that consider the biological aspects of criminality.
PART I: Introduction to Crime Prevention and Treatment Policy Chapter 1. What is Crime Prevention Policy? PART II: The Biopsychosocial Perspective Chapter 2. The Biopsychosocial Perspective and Behavioral Genetics Chapter 3. Molecular Genetics and Antisocial Behavior Chapter 4. Neurobiology and Antisocial Behavior Chapter 5. The Social Emotions and Conscience PART III: Traditional Criminology Theories and Prevention and Treatment Policies Chapter 6. Human Ecology/Social Disorganization Theory and Policy Chapter 7. The Anomie Tradition and Policy Chapter 8. Subcultural Theories and Poverty Chapter 9. Social Learning Theories Chapter 10. Social and Self-Control Theories PART IV: Specific Syndromes Associated with Criminal Behavior and Prevention and Treatment Policies Chapter 11. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Causes and Treatment Chapter 12. Schizophrenia: Causes and Treatment Chapter 13. Substance Abuse Disorders and Criminal Behavior Chapter 14. The Microenvironment: Teratogens and Diet PART V: Traditional and Biopsychosocial Approaches to Assessment and Treatment Chapter 15. Correctional Assessment and Treatment Programming Chapter 16. Biopsychosocial Prevention and Treatment
  • Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology
  • Causes & prevention of crime
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Height:
Width:
Spine:
Weight:0.00
List Price: £39.99