1. How does biology affect criminality (Be sure to include the role of factors such as IQ and conduct disorders in your discussion)? How have biological explanations of crime changed throughout history (begin with Lombroso and move into modern explanations)?
2. How do biosocial theories of crime differ from purely biological explanations (watching Adrian Raines documentaries on Biological Theories of Crime may assist you in better understanding these differences)? What role does the environment play in contributing to the potential deficits between the brain function and crime? This may include a brief explanation of the particular area of the brain such as the cerebral cortex divided into the four lobes. To what extent do biological/biosocial theories explain criminal behavior? You must use the empirical literature to support your argument.
3. What policy recommendations might an adherent of the biological/biosocial perspective make for controlling or preventing crime, i.e, eugenics, etc.? How do these proposed approaches to crime challenge current crime prevention strategies?
4. After reading the first four Chapters of Garbarinos Listening to Killers, how does he argue biosocial factors play a role in violent crime?
