ISSUE: Is Criminal Behavior Determined Biologically?
YES: Adrian Raine, from "The Biological Basis of Crime," in James Q.
Wilson and John Petersilia, eds., Crime: Public Policies for
Crime Control (ICS Press, 2002)
NO: Jeffrey H. Reiman, from "Crime Control in America," The Rich Get
Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal
Justice (Allyn and Bacon, 1998)
- Explain fearlessness theory and stimulation-seeking theory, as discussed by Raine. What might Reiman have to say about such explanations for violent behavior?