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People don’t fear crime or the consequences of committing crime.

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Fearlessness theory.

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Combining biology and sociology.

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Biosocial theories

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Completed in 2003. Cost 3 billion dollars. 15 year study. Studies 100,000 DNA sequences.

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Human genome project.

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Cat scans and MRI’s are examples of…..

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techniques to support biosocial theories.

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There are two ​ways​ ​that​ ​biological​ ​creatures​ ​approach​ ​reproduction.​ ​1)let’s​ ​make​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​to
continue​ ​the​ ​line​ ​or​ ​genealogy,​ ​2)let’s​ ​not​ ​just​ ​make​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​but​ ​lets​ ​nurture​ ​the​ ​ones​ ​we​ ​make.

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r/k approach.

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Female aggression. A biosocial theory. Hormones and sociological issues. For males, testosterone and aggression.

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Postpartum depression.