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03439aam a2200373 i 4500 001 AC9AE0DC851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 230706s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023027540 020 $a 9798886976212 035 $a (OCoLC)1381705753 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BF621 $b .W36 2023 100 1 $a Walsh, Anthony, $d 1941- $e author. 245 10 $a Free will and determinism in criminology and criminal justice / $c Anthony Walsh, PhD, Boise State University, Idaho, USA. 264 1 $a New York : $b Nova Science Publishers, $c [2023] 300 $a viii, 76 pages ; $c 26 cm. 490 1 $a Law, crime and law enforcement 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The issue of free will and determinism -- Brain/mind duality and consciousness -- Behavioral genetics: genes and free will -- Neuroscience and determinism/free will -- Free will, locus of control, personality, and criminality -- Free will in the classical and positivist schools -- Returning to classic assumptions of human nature -- The origin and purpose of punishment. 520 $a "Few issues bedevil criminology and criminal justice as much as free will versus determinism. It goes to the heart of the character of the people they deal with and how we should respond to them. People are held morally responsible for what they do only if we believe that they have the ability to make reasoned choices to act morally. Liberals tend to hold an external locus of control and are skeptical of free will, and conservatives tend to favor an internal locus of control and embrace free will. This liberal-conservative divide reveals itself in the theories they favor as the best explanations of criminal behavior. Liberals favor explanations external to criminals such as an unfair economic system or criminal justice bias; conservatives tend to favor internal explanations such as low self-control or lack of empathy. In terms of responding to criminal behavior, there have been calls to abandon the idea of punishment and abolish prisons. Liberals may tend to view this as humanitarian while conservatives will tend to view them as incredibly naiÂve. The greater tendency of liberals to hold an external locus of control and their skepticism about free will lead them to view people's behavior as largely beyond their control, which accounts for their punishment abolitionist stance. The greater tendency of conservatives to believe in free will and an internal locus of control leads to a more punitive stance toward criminals. Many issues that divide liberals and conservatives in criminology-criminal justice may be traced to their beliefs about free will and determinism"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Free will and determinism. 650 0 $a Criminology. 650 0 $a Justice, Administration of. 650 6 $a Libre arbitre et determinisme. 650 6 $a Criminologie. 650 7 $a criminology. $2 aat 776 08 $i Online version: $a Walsh, Anthony, 1941- $t Free will and determinism in criminology and criminal justice $d New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2023] $z 9798886979121 $w (DLC) 2023027541 830 0 $a Law, crime and law enforcement 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025642.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC9AE0DC851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search