Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminal justice
juvenile justice
delinquency theories and theorists
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penology
prisons and correctional facilities
juvenile justice
delinquency theories and theorists
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criminology and criminal justice
special populations
juvenile justice
delinquency theories and theorists
Preferred term
biological theories of crime
Definition
- Biological explanations of crime emphasize physiological and neurological factors that may predispose a person to commit crime. Biological theories are outgrowths of the positivist school of criminology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Biological Theories]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-P8WF2HR1-M
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