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Biosocial theories
Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors. While contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories, biosocial criminology also recognizes the potential contributions of fields such as genetics, neuropsychology, and evolutionary psychology.

Aggressive behavior has been associated with abnormalities in three principal regulatory systems in the body: serotonin systems, catecholamine systems, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis. Abnormalities in these systems also are known to be induced by stress, either severe, acute stress or chronic low-grade stress.

- Include past work of Nicole Rafter related to Italian and German beginnings of biological criminology - Rocque and Posick article information as critique of biosocial criminology practices - More explanation about exploration of biological factors and how they work together with social theories (Rocque and Posick) - Show overlap in research practices between disciplines

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