The Continued Expansion of Biosocial Criminology

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

With the ongoing accumulation of decades’ worth of research, biosocial criminology continues to provide theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of human behavior. While many earlier examples of empirical research in biosocial criminology were relatively focused, more recent research has widened the range of topics, theories, and methods included in examinations. The papers presented in this panel are reflective of such expansions. Employing a variety of samples and methodologies the papers in this panel address topics such as the association between victimization and substance use, the etiological underpinnings of intimate partner violence, the effects of cognitive abilities on correctional treatment, and the influence of Moffitt’s maturity gap hypothesis on delinquency and substance use in a genetically sensitive model. The presenters focus both on how their papers contribute to a biosocial perspective on human behavior and to criminology overall.

Sub Unit

• Area III: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Behavior / 1: Biological, Bio-social, and Psychological Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• An examination of within and between family influences on the intergenerational transmission of violence and maltreatment - Bradon A. Valgardson, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Joseph Schwartz, University of Nebraska at Omaha

• The Effects of Cognitive Abilities on Successful Prison Treatment: A Biosocial Assessment of Responsivity to Correctional Treatment - Ian A. Silver, University of Cincinnati; Joseph L. Nedelec, University of Cincinnati

• Using genetically informed quasi-experimental research designs to further understand the association between poly-victimization and substance use - Eric J. Connolly, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Eric J. Connolly, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

• The effect of the maturity gap on delinquency and drug use over the life course: A genetically sensitive longitudinal design - Joseph L. Nedelec, University of Cincinnati; Insun Park, University of Cincinnati; Ian A. Silver, University of Cincinnati

Chair

• Joseph L. Nedelec, University of Cincinnati