Evolution and the nonlegal equivalent of aggressive criminal behavior
作者:
Lee Ellis,
期刊:
Aggressive Behavior
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 1
页码: 57-71
ISSN:0096-140X
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/1098-2337(1986)12:1<57::AID-AB2480120108>3.0.CO;2-5
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: nonhuman primates;natural selection;aggressive criminal behavior;DNA‐based evolutionary theory;intentionality;control (policing) behavior
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractWithin the framework of modern evolutionary theory, arguments are reviewed that the nonlegal equivalent of aggressive criminal behavior may have evolved by natural selection among mammals, particularly primates, as part of their overall approach to reproduction. If so, the commission of aggressive crimes (or their nonlegal equivalent) by humans, and even efforts to prevent fellow social group members from being victimized by aggressive crimes, may also be partially explainable in natural selection terms. The plausibility of this deduction was explored, first, by specifying the three elements that a human act must have to be regarded as an aggressive crime. Summarily, these were that (1) injury to a victim must be a likely result of the act, (2) the act must be intended, and (3) the act must elicit negative responses from those witnessing it. The primate behavior literature was examined for evidence that some behavior of nonhumans met all three conditions. Affirmative results were obtained. Therefore, while further research is in order, human aggressive criminal behavior, as well as human efforts to control it, seem to have close parallels in other primates. This would be consistent with the notion that aggressive criminal behavior (along with its condemnation by fellow group members) is part of a social system produced and sustained by natural selection.
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