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Evolutionary forensic psychology

by Joshua Duntley, Todd K. Shackelford

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This work is a step towards a unified and complete understanding of psychology and the law. It recognizes that crimes such as murder, non-lethal violence, rape, and theft are manifestations of evolutionarily recurrent selection when they gave individuals an advantage in competition for resources.

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