The Psychopathology of Crime by Adrian Raine
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Overview: This lauded bestseller, now available in paperback, takes an uncompromising look at how we define psychopathology and makes the argument that criminal behavior can and perhaps should be considered a disorder. Presenting sociological, genetic, neurochemical, brain-imaging, and psychophysiological evidence, it discusses the basis for criminal behavior and suggests, contrary to popular belief, that such behavior may be more biologically determined than previously thought.
Presents a new conceptual approach to understanding crime as a disorder
Provides the most extensive review of biological predispositions to criminal behavior to date
Presents the practical implications of viewing crime as a psychopathology in the contexts of free will, punishment, treatment, and future biosocial research
Includes numerous tables and figures throughout
Contains an extensive reference list
Analyzes the familial and extra-familial causes of crime
Reviews the predispositions to crime including evolution and genetics, and the neuropsychological, psychophysiological, brain-imaging, neurochemical, and cognitive factors
Genre: Nonfiction>Psychology
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