BIO-SOCIAL THEORY OF THE LEARNING OF LAW-ABIDING BEHAVIOR

• NCJ Number: 39872
• Author(s): S A MEDNICK
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: International Ctre for Biological and Medico-Forensic Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Brazil
• Note: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINOLOGY - UNIFIED CRIMINOLOGY, PART 1

Annotation

PAPER EXAMINES THE THEORY THAT THERE IS A GENETIC FACTOR IN THE ETIOLOGY OF CRIMINALITY AND PSYCHOPATHY.

Abstract

A BIOLOGICAL-SOCIAL THEORY OF LEARNING LAW ABIDING BEHAVIOR IS PRESENTED. A KEY ELEMENT OF THIS THEORY IS THE SPECIFICATION OF A RELATIVELY FAST AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM RECOVERY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE NECESSARY APTITUDES FOR LEARNING TO INHIBIT ASOCIAL BEHAVIOR. ALSO COVERED IN THE TEXT IS A STUDY THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO EXAMINE THE INTERACTION OF THE FAMILY AS A FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE PROBABILITY OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)..KAP