The Psychopathology of Crime: Criminal Behavior as a Clinical Disorder
Adrian Raine
Jan 1993 · Gulf Professional Publishing
Ebook
377
Pages
About this ebook
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
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