Criminology: A Global Perspective

By Lee Ellis, A. Walsh. 2000

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Why the Overwhelming Evidence on Partner Physical Violence by Women Has Not Been Perceived and Is Often Denied (2009, background): “For some types of crime, such as homicide and sexual assault, the gender ratio is as high as 10 to one (Dawson & Straus, 2007; Ellis & Walsh, 2000), There is naturally a tendency to think that this also applies to PY, Male Predominance in Police Statistics on Partner Violence Men also predominate…”
A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality (2005, background): “Throughout the world, males engage in aggressive and acquisitive crimes (especially those involving violence) to a greater extent than do females (Ellis and Walsh 2000: 102–6).”
Genetic Essentialism: On the Deceptive Determinism of DNA (2011, background): “…that reveals a specific genetic foundation for criminal behavior (cf. Alper, 1995; Caspi et al., 2002; Mednick, Brennan, & Kambel, 1988; Raine, 1993) although scientific interest in this association remains strong (e.g., Anderson, 2006; CIBA Foundation Symposium, 1996; Ellis & Walsh, 2000).”