Citation
Guo, Guang (2006). The Linking of Sociology and Biology.
Social Forces, 85(1), 145-149.
Abstract
In the academic world, sociology and biology have long been separate sciences. The benefits of combining the two seem few. Biological influences are potentially important to certain areas of sociological inquiry — especially areas that involve individual attributes, traits and behaviors such as delinquency and crime, educational attainment and social stratification. These influences, however, are rarely considered explicitly. One of the implicit assumptions in sociological inquiry is that individuals are the same at birth; the differences among them are then attributed to the position each occupies in a social hierarchy. At least two factors contribute to the absence of explicit discussion on biological influences: (1) our discipline's key theoretical emphasis on a group's social-structural position and (2)the unavailability of reliable measures of relevant biological influences. Both can be illustrated by the development of sociological theories of delinquency and crime.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sof.2006.0126Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2006
Journal Title
Social Forces
Author(s)
Guo, Guang
ORCiD
Guo - 0000-0002-4465-9881
