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Crime, Genes, Neuroscience and Cyberspace

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Authors:
  1. Tim Owen

    1. Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

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  • Applies insights from neuroscience to criminal behaviour, and explores the implications for contemporary criminological theory

  • Builds meaningful bridges between biology and sociological criminology, based on innovative social theory

  • Advances social science research adeptly

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Tim Owen
    Pages 1-12

  3. Criminological and Social Theory: Surveying the Contemporary Landscape

    • Tim Owen
    Pages 13-67

  4. Neuroscience and Cybercrime

    • Tim Owen
    Pages 69-82

  5. Do We Need a ‘Virtual Criminology’?

    • Tim Owen
    Pages 83-102

  6. Cyber Violence

    • Tim Owen
    Pages 103-114

  7. Codification and Application of the Genetic-Social Framework

    • Tim Owen
    Pages 115-196

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 197-232
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About this book

This book applies Owen’s unique genetic-social framework to the study of crime and criminal behaviour, with an emphasis on cybercrime. Moving beyond challenges which confront contemporary criminological theorizing such as: the stagnation of critical criminology, the relativistic nihilism of the ‘cultural turn’, posthumanism, and virtual criminology, the author codifies and ‘applies’ the latest version of the framework to the study of crime, both in and out of cyberspace. 


Drawing upon evolutionary psychology, behavioural genetics and the philosophy of Heidegger, he introduces new terms such as ‘Neuro-Agency’ and notions of Embodied Cognition into criminological theorizing. Adopting a soft compatibilist approach to free-will, and Realist ontology, Owen’s meta-theoretical focus provides a new direction for criminological theorizing, in particular in the direction of the conceptualization and prediction of cyber violence. Exciting and timely, this book will appeal to scholars and advanced students of criminology, law, sociology, social policy, psychology, philosophy, policing and forensic investigation.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

    Tim Owen

About the author

Dr Tim Owen is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of Uclan Cybercrime Research Unit [UCRU] at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is the author of many articles, book chapters and books in criminology, sociology and social policy. Recent books include New Perspectives on Cybercrime, co-edited with Wayne Noble and Faye Speed (Palgrave, 2017).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Crime, Genes, Neuroscience and Cyberspace

  • Authors: Tim Owen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52688-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52687-8Published: 02 October 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52688-5Published: 18 September 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 232

  • Topics: Criminological Theory, Cybercrime, Critical Criminology, Neurosciences

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