Anthony Walsh: 17 books
Biosociology
Bridging the Biology-Sociology Divide
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Anthony Walsh bridges the divide separating sociology from biology—a divide created in the late nineteenth century when sociology emerged from the fields of social theory and philosophy. Walsh focuses on the viewpoint held by former American Sociological Association president Douglas Massey: sociologists...
Science Wars
Politics, Gender, and Race
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Few issues cause academics to disagree more than gender and race, especially when topics are addressed in terms of biological differences. To conduct research in these areas or comment favorably on research can subject one to scorn.When these topics are addressed, they generally take the form of philosophical...
Biology and Criminology
The Biosocial Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2010
Numerous criminologists have noted their dissatisfaction with the state of criminology. The need for a new paradigm for the 21st century is clear. However, many distrust biology as a factor in studies of criminal behavior, whether because of limited exposure or because the orientation of criminology...
Criminology
The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Criminology: The Essentials, Third Edition, by Anthony Walsh and Cody Jorgensen, introduces students to major theoretical perspectives and criminology topics in a concise, easy-to-read format. This straightforward overview of the major subject areas in criminology still thoroughly covers the most...
Corrections
From Research, to Policy, to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Corrections: From Research, to Policy, to Practice offers students a 21st-century look into the treatment and rehabilitative themes that drive modern-day corrections. Written by two academic scholars and former practitioners, Mary K. Stohr and Anthony Walsh, this book provides students with a comprehensive...
Corrections
The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Corrections: The Essentials, Third Edition is a comprehensive, yet compact version of the typical corrections text. Authors Mary K. Stohr and Anthony Walsh address the most important topics in corrections in a briefer, full-color format, offered at a lower cost. It includes the usual topics typically...
Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory
A Metatheory for Biosocial Criminology
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Some of the brightest minds in criminology who were nurtured on the strictly environmentalist paradigm of the 20th century have declared that biosocial criminology is the paradigm for the 21st century. This book attempts to unite this ever-growing field with the premier neurobiological theory of personality,...
Love
The Biology Behind the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Love is a little word with a universe of meanings and has engaged people's interest throughout human history. The need to give and receive love lies deep within human nature. Philosophers, poets, theologians, sociologists, and scientists have all attempted to explain its exact origin, but is it an...
Criminological Theory
Assessing Philosophical Assumptions
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Criminologists can benefit from questioning the underlying assumptions upon which they rest their work. Philosophy has the ability to clarify our thoughts, inform us of why we think about things the way we do, solve contradictions in our thinking we never knew existed, and even dissolve some dichotomies...
Taboo Issues in Social Science
Questioning Conventional Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
This book is an expedition into a number of controversial issues in the social sciences with the intention of challenging the conventional wisdom on those issues. While most social science research is interesting and important, a fair amount of social science research is thinly disguised advocacy...
The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior
Gene-Brain-Culture Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The main feature of this work is that it explores criminal behavior from all aspects of Tinbergen's Four Questions. Rather than focusing on a single theoretical point of view, this book examines the neurobiology of crime from a biosocial perspective. It suggests that it is necessary to understand...
Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology is a core text for criminology and criminal justice research methods courses. It strives to offer a general foundation of knowledge that transcends particular topics or subject areas, allowing students to apply research methods and concepts to a...
by Anthony Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In response to exciting developments in genetics, neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, a number of criminologists have embraced the position that criminal behaviour is the product of biological, psychological, and sociological factors operating together in complex ways. They have come to realize...
Social Class and Crime
A Biosocial Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Social class has been at the forefront of sociological theories of crime from their inception. It is explicitly central to some theories such as anomie/strain and conflict, and nips aggressively at the periphery of others such as social control theory. Yet none of these theories engage in a systematic...
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