The Psychopathology of Crime: Criminal Behavior as a Clinical Disorder

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Gulf Professional Publishing, 1993 - 377 ページ
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
 

目次

Crime in the Context of Evolution
27
Subtle Cheats
37
Genetics and Crime
47
Neurochemistry
81
Neuropsychology
103
Reduced Lateralization for Linguistic Functions
116
Psychosurgery and Crime
122
Introduction
129
Fetal Maldevelopment and Minor Physical
198
Premenstrual Syndrome and Crime
208
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215
Familial Influences
243
Marital Conflict
262
Is Crime a Disorder?
287
References
321
Author Index
353

Psychophysiology
157
EventRelated Potential Studies
178
Head Injury Pregnancy
191

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人気のある引用

324 ページ - S. (1990). Glucose metabolic rate in normals and schizophrenics during the Continuous Performance Test assessed by positron emission tomography.
335 ページ - C., & Wortzman, G. (1985). Sexual aggression: Constructing a predictive equation. In R. Langevin (Ed.), Erotic preference, gender identity, and aggression in men: new research studies (pp.
323 ページ - Tori, CD (1984). Neuropsychological deficits, learning disability and violent behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52, 323-324.

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