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The Anatomy Of Violence: The Biological Roots Of Crime (2013)

by Adrian Raine(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0307907783 (ISBN13: 9780307907783)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Vintage

review 1: There are places in this book where the author does get ahead of the definitive brain science, but the book is an interesting look at how brain anatomy and function may relate to violence. Knowing that certain things - like low resting heat rate and poor childhood nutrition - have a correlation to violence does not give us the answers to how remedy these issues, but seeing them as part of the solution is important. The author does make it clear that the social setting has influence on biological structure, and that no one is destined to be violent. I look forward to seeing where this branch of science goes.
review 2: This book contains some very convincing arguments regarding the nature of violence. I like the idea that violent tendencies can be hereditary, tha... moret there maybe a genetic factor involved. I was also intrigued by the notion that natural selection favours violent tendencies induced by sexual factors, but I wasn't completely convinced by it. The physiological concepts in this book appealed to me, and I thought they were adequately presented. However, the book lacked charisma; after reading Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins, you start to expect a level of finesse in the delivery of the scientific information that Adrian Raine did not live up to. less

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