@article{ref1,
title="A unified crime theory: the evolutionary taxonomy",
journal="Aggression and violent behavior",
year="2015",
author="Boutwell, Brian B. and Barnes, J. C. and Beaver, Kevin M. and Haynes, Raelynn Deaton and Nedelec, Joseph L. and Gibson, Chris L.",
volume="25",
number="",
pages="343-353",
abstract="Multiple scientific disciplines have weighed in with different viewpoints regarding the origins of criminal behavior among human beings. What is lacking, however, is a framework capable of uniting the theoretical viewpoints into a single overarching perspective. The current article offers such a framework. Drawing on a variety of influences, we argue that many types of crime can be understood in the evolutionary context of human life history. Along these lines, we present a framework capable of explaining different patterns of criminal offending both at the individual level as well as the macro-level. Although the current article offers only a starting point, the way forward in the study of crime should involve a multi-disciplinary, multilevel explanatory framework. The evolutionary taxonomy we propose represents a step in that direction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1789",
doi="10.1016/j.avb.2015.09.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2015.09.003"
}