The title that the authors have chosen for this book, The Causes
and Cures of Criminality, suggests that it may be just another book
specu lating on the sociological evils that need to be put right
for "everything in the garden to be lovely." If this is the
expectation, the reader could not be more mistaken. The recurrent
theme, in fact, is a strong accent on psychological experiments.
Both authors have tackled the theoretical and practical side of
crime through an exhaustive literature review of past experi mental
work. Hans J. Eysenck has concentrated on the constitutional and
biological theory of criminality, whereas Gisli Gudjonsson has con
cerned himself more with a review of ongoing research into therapy
and possible prevention of antisocial behavior. Part I goes into
considerable detail on the causes of criminality, stressing much of
the strangely neglected area of individual differences in
personality. Research studies point to a very heavy involvement of
heredity in the causation of criminality, but the authors are
careful to acknowledge that much can be done environmentally to
discourage a life of crime once those persons who are at risk have
been identified."
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