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2 - The Interaction of Biological and Social Measures in the Explanation of Antisocial and Violent Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2009

By
Adrian Raine
Edited by
David M. Stoff  and
Elizabeth J. Susman
Adrian Raine
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California
David M. Stoff
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Elizabeth J. Susman
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
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INTRODUCTION

One of the important contributions to the understanding of antisocial and aggressive behavior has come from research that spanned the areas of animal research (Cairns, Hood, & Midlam, 1985), genetic processes (Cairns, McGuire, & Gariepy, 1993), attachment (Cairns, 1966), social interactions (Cairns & Valsiner, 1984), and developmental epistemology (Cairns, 1990). Unlike much other research, this integrative vision of science was not blinded by the interdisciplinary rivalries that have both pervaded and impeded the study of antisocial behavior. Instead, by viewing genetic, biological, psychological, and social influences as equal partners in the explanation of antisocial and aggressive behavior, more significant and lasting advances can be made in this field.

In this context, important progress has been made in delineating replicable psychosocial risk factors for antisocial and violent behavior (Farrington, 2000; Loeber & Farrington, 1998; McCord, 2001; Rutter, Giller, & Hagell, 1998). Within the past 15 years, important progress has also been made in uncovering biological risk factors that predispose to antisocial behavior (Lahey, McBurnett, Loeber, & Hart, 1995; Susman & Finkelstein, 2001). Despite this progress, we know surprisingly little about how these different sets of risk factors interact in predisposing to antisocial behavior. Furthermore, although passing heuristic and theoretical references are frequently made to such interactional influences, there are remarkably few investigators who are conducting serious empirical research on this interface in humans (Raine, Brennan, & Farrington, 1997).

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Developmental Psychobiology of Aggression , pp. 13 - 42
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Save book to Google Drive

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