Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Article 1: Urbaniok, F., Laubacher, A., Hardegger, J., Rossegger, A., Endrass, J., & Moskvitin, J. (2012). Neurobiological determinism: Human freedom of choice and criminal responsibility. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 56(2). 174-190. doi: 10.1177/0306624X10395474

Questions to Consider:

1. Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
2. What do the authors postulate as the cause of criminal behavior?
3. What do they believe past research has left out?

Article 2: Blanchard, R., Kolla, N., Cantor, J., Klassen, P., Dickey, R., Kuban, M., & Blak, T. (2007). IQ< handedness, and pedophilia in adult male patients stratified by referral source. Sex Abuse, 19(3). 285-309. doi: 10.1177/107906320701900307

Questions to Consider:

1. Who were the subjects of this study?
2. What were the authors trying to link IQ scores to?
3. What were the results of the study?

Article 3: Gibson, C. L., Piquero, A. R., & Tibbetts, S. G. (2001). The contribution of family adversity and verbal IQ to criminal behavior. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45 (5), 574-592. doi:  10.1177/0306624X01455004

Questions to Consider:

1. What are risk factors and protective factors?
2. What 2 specific risk factors are discussed by the authors and why?
3. What conclusions did the authors draw from their findings?