General Evaluation Points for Biological Explanations

General Evaluation Points for Biological Explanations:

Weaknesses

P – Biological theories ignore environmental factors  

E – This can be seen particularly with genetic theories, such as Jacob’s XYY theory. Where the focus is on genes rather than the environment.    

E– This is a weakness because a person’s biology may give them potentially criminal characteristics (e.g. aggressiveness), but they may need an environmental trigger to engage in a criminal act. This means that biological explanations do not provide full explanations of criminal behaviour.…