The evolutionary basis of belonging: its relevance to denial of offending and labelling those who offend

What is it about?

Evolution reveals how natural selection has shaped the human nervous system for threat-detection, and cooperation. It casts a light on why people convicted of harmful and stigmatised behavior may hide, deny and lie as a means of limiting social devaluation and maintaining their fitness to belong in groups. For all our efforts as forensic practitioners to empower people to pro-socially reconnect and lead safer crime-free lives, endlessly associating them with their most unacceptable and harmful acts, might not help

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