When "Crime and Personality" was first published in 1964, J.A.C.
Brown, writing in the New Statesman, commented: There can be no
doubt of the importance of Professor Eysenck s book on the nature
and treatment of criminal behaviour. This third edition originally
published in 1977 had been completely revised and brought up to
date, and although the major theory linking personality and crime
has been retained, many of the details have been changed in
conformity with recent research of the time.
The book presents a theory concerning the personality of
criminals, and offers evidence to show that these personality
features characterising criminals are based on genetic foundations.
It is argued that criminality as a whole is not exclusively based
on environmental factors as has so often been suggested, but has a
strong biological basis. A good deal of evidence is reviewed
showing that there are many data supporting this view, from studies
of identical and fraternal twins, adopted children, and comparisons
between criminals and non-criminals both in the Western world and
in Communist countries.
Professor Eysenck suggests that important consequences follow
from such an attempt to redress the one-sided emphasis on
environmental factors which had been so characteristic of the
previous fifty years, and some of these consequences are described
in detail. He further suggests that only proper understanding of
the psychological factors making for antisocial behaviour will help
in reversing the increasing burden that criminality places upon
society. The book also takes issue with political arguments of the
time regarding the origins of criminality, and shows that criminals
behind the Iron Curtain show the same personality characteristics
as do criminals in Western countries."
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