Darwin Meets the King: Blending Sociology and Evolutionary Psychology to Explain Police Deviance

Abstract

Ce papier utilise la perspective de Parnaby et Leyden's (2011) qui adapte l'approche de Merton de la déviance policière en incorporant deś eléments de psychologieévolutionniste. Nous proposons que l'intégration de la psychologieévolutionniste contribueà un modèle théorique plus robuste. Plus précisément, nous considérons qu'une structure sociale anomique crée les conditions sociales par lesquelles des mécanismes psychologiques adaptifs qui coïncident avec les modes d'adaptation de Merton et se manifestent dans le comportement. Nous soulignons l'importance d'une intégration de la sociologie et de la psychologié evolutionniste et adressons certains malentendus sur cette dernière.In this paper, we build on Parnaby and Leyden's (2011) modified Mertonian approach to police deviance by incorporating elements of evolutionary psychology. It is our contention that an infusion of evolutionary psychology will lead to a more robust theoretical model. Specifically, we argue that an anomic social structure helps create the social conditions within which specific adaptive psychological mechanisms manifest behaviorally in ways that coincide with Merton's modes of adaptation. The importance of integrating sociology and evolutionary psychology is emphasized while a number of misunderstandings about the latter are addressed. USING A MODIFIED version of Robert Merton's classic model of social structure and anomie (1938), Parnaby and Leyden (2011) argued policeThe authors would like to thank the reviewers for their wonderful insights, timeliness, and attention to detail.

Sincere but Naive: Methodological Queries Concerning the British Columbia Polygamy Reference Trial

“…These habits take the form of a limited set of principles derived from speculating about what life was like for human beings in the early stages of the species’ evolutionary development. Such principles include competition between males over females, with the latter typically framed as a limited and valuable resources (see Parnarby and Buffone :416). In the case of the polygamy reference trial, the dispersion of habits of thought particular to evolutionary psychology can be seen not only in the final decision, but also in the temporal construction of the case itself.…”