The adaptationist approach of evolutionary psychology provides a model of substantial scope for understanding the function of human behaviour, including harmful behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the evolutionary importance of social belonging, and also its relevance to why people deny stigmatised harmful behaviour, and the potential problems of labelling them by it.,The paper takes the form of a discussion and professional opinion.,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 behaviour may hide, deny and lie as a means of limiting social devaluation and maintaining their fitness to belong in groups.,Amidst 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.,Evolutionary forensic psychology and evolutionary criminology are sub-disciplines of science that are progressively emerging. They place the adaptationist approach front and centre in the study and theory of criminal behaviour. This paper aims to offer an example of this synergy, but with a specific focus on forensic practice itself.

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归属感的进化基础：与否认犯罪和给犯罪者贴标签有关

进化心理学的适应主义方法为理解人类行为（包括有害行为）的功能提供了一个实质范围的模型。本文的目的是讨论社会归属感的进化重要性，以及它与人们为什么否认带有污名化的有害行为的相关性，以及用它来标记有害行为的潜在问题。本文采取讨论和专业意见的形式。进化揭示了自然选择如何塑造人类神经系统以进行威胁检测和合作。它阐明了为什么因有害和污名化的行为而被定罪的人可能会隐藏，否认和说谎，以此来限制社会贬值和维持自己的群体归属感。在我们作为法医从业人员的所有努力中，他们使人们能够亲社会上重新建立联系并过上更安全的无犯罪生活，使他们无休止地与他们最不可接受和最有害的行为相关联，这可能无济于事。进化法医心理学和进化犯罪学是逐渐兴起的科学。他们将适应主义的方法放在犯罪行为的研究和理论的前沿和中心。本文旨在提供这种协同作用的一个例子，但将重点放在法医实践本身上。他们将适应主义的方法放在犯罪行为的研究和理论的前沿和中心。本文旨在提供这种协同作用的一个例子，但将重点放在法医实践本身上。他们将适应主义的方法放在犯罪行为的研究和理论的前沿和中心。本文旨在提供这种协同作用的一个例子，但将重点放在法医实践本身上。