Explain why criminologists are reluctant to acknowledge the role of biological factors?

1. Explain why criminologists are reluctant to acknowledge the role of biological factors? What are the dangers in adopting biological theories? Why is it important to have a multifactor approach to criminal behavior? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

2. How did the Glueck and Glueck study change the field? Why did people not value the Gluecks data when it first was presented? Why was it a mistake to ignore this research? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

3. What prevention policies could be created surrounding the impact of biological harms? What are some factors that can protect against antisocial behavior? What kinds of policies could foster these factors? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

4. How has neuroimaging helped explain criminal behavior? What is the relationship between the central and autonomic nervous systems and crime? Why do environmental factors become more influential as a person ages? What kinds of policies follow from these arguments? Make an argument, provide evidence, cite your sources.

5. What are some policy implications that can come of out the knowledge of the physiological basis of criminal disposition (e.g., prefrontal cortex damage, testosterone, serotonin, heart rate, skin conductance, lower mental arousal, lack of fear, brain anatomy)?

6. View the video of a mini lecture by Dr. Adrian Raine on brain abnormalities and crime: Explain the research described by Raine. Explain how this research is similar to and/or different from the selections contained in Part XII of Cullen, Agnew, and Wilcoxs Criminological Theory: Past to Present. What policy implications follow from this research?

7. View the video of a mini lecture by Dr. Jonathan Moreno on the way information on the brain and behavior can and should be used for purposes of national intelligence and national security: Provide an overview of Morenos lecture. What is your stance on the ethics of using neuroscience in the way that Moreno discusses? How does this relate to the material presented this week? What policy implications follow from this position?

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