tegies for the prevention of criminal behavior. For Eysenck, the neurological underpinnings of personality are one of the prime determinants of antisocial and criminal behavior. In the Eysenck model, criminal behavior is the result of an interaction between certain environmental conditions and inherited features of the nervous system. It thus has elements of both genetic theories and environmental theories. He says that a comprehensive theory of criminality "must allow for the examination of the neurological makeup and the unique socialization history of each individual" (p. 40). Crime cannot be understood in terms of heredity alone, but heredity is one of the factors. The other is environment, which also cannot explain crime alone but which is an important element when brought into conjunction with personality. Eysenck goes so far as to state that certain personalities are more susceptible to certain crimes than to ot
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