Abstract
Our research project is framed as biosocial analyzes of the etiology of criminal behavior. This research can be characterized as a conceptually and methodologically innovative attempt to connect the research areas that so far have not been considered together in one project. The research project is based on three components: sociological, psychological, and biological. The main aims of the article are to initiate and facilitate debate concerning the interaction between factors belonging to a variety of different areas and provide an interdisciplinary approach to the study of criminal behavior etiology. A discussion over proveniences of criminal behavior is needed both to enrich consciousness and knowledge about conditions lying under criminal behavior and to reshape practical solutions in the field of social rehabilitation. The article also concerns our methodological and ethical reflections coming from our pilotage project involvement.
Highlights
Many scientific disciplines deal with the issue of etiology of offending
Reflection on this subject has been present in medicine, psychology, and sociology for nearly 150 years
Criminology, from a historical point of view, owes its development primarily to medical sciences, nowadays more significantly refers to the achievements of social sciences. The proof of this is the special popularity of such criminological perspectives as the social control theory, differential association theory, the concept of social learning, and criminal career (Letkemann 1973; Akers 1985; 1998; Matsueuda 1988; Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990)
Summary
Many scientific disciplines deal with the issue of etiology of offending. Reflection on this subject has been present in medicine, psychology, and sociology for nearly 150 years. Criminology, from a historical point of view, owes its development primarily to medical sciences, nowadays more significantly refers to the achievements of social sciences The proof of this is the special popularity of such criminological perspectives as the social control theory, differential association theory, the concept of social learning, and criminal career (Letkemann 1973; Akers 1985; 1998; Matsueuda 1988; Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990). We present the GxE perspective, as well as the methodological problems and ethical dilemmas accompanying its research application, basing on the example of our research, undertaken as part of the research project Genetic and environmental determinants of aggressive crime This is the first research in the field of biosocial criminology undertaken in Poland
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