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Brain Mechanisms and Antisocial Behavior: Neurological Research and Issues Concerning the Explanation, Reduction and Prevention of Criminality: Summary
Brain Mechanisms and Antisocial Behavior: Neurological Research and Issues Concerning the Explanation, Reduction and Prevention of Criminality: Summary
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Dec. 18, 2008
ANNOTATION: The place of neurobiological knowledge in the prevention of crime, in particular antisocial behavior leading to the commission of criminal acts is explained. Sections following an introduction are: findings regarding child abuse and neglect; problem children and dangerous adolescents and violent adults; sex offenders; judicial intervention and the reduction of recidivism; and neuro-science and social cohesion and conflicts; and conclusions. "The main conclusion of this literature study is that the studies discussed support the argument that neurobiological factors deserve a structural place in research into the causes, prevention and reduction of antisocial behavior" (p. 161).
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