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Biological Contributions to Crime Causation

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Terrie E. Moffitt

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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  2. Sarnoff A. Mednick

    1. Social Science Research Institute, and Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 40)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Psychophysiological Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Psychophysiology and Crime: Theory and Data

      • Peter H. Venables
      Pages 3-13

    3. Evoked Potentials and Antisocial Behavior

      • Adrian Raine
      Pages 14-39

    4. EEG Topography in Patients with Aggressive Violent Behavior

      • Victor Milstein
      Pages 40-52

  3. Neuropsychological Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Hemisphere Function in Violent Offenders

      • Israel Nachshon
      Pages 55-67

    3. Psychopathy and Language

      • Robert D. Hare, Sherrie E. Williamson, Timothy J. Harpur
      Pages 68-92

    4. Neuropsychology and Self-Reported Early Delinquency in an Unselected Birth Cohort: A Preliminary Report from New Zealand

      • Terrie E. Moffitt
      Pages 93-117

  4. Congenital Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Genetic and Perinatal Factors in Violence

      • Sarnoff A. Mednick, Elizabeth Kandel
      Pages 121-131

  5. Biochemical Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Antisocial Behavior of Boys And Autonomic Activity/Reactivity

      • David Magnusson
      Pages 135-146

    3. Cerebrospinal Fluid: Monoamine Metabolites Among Habitually Violent and Impulsive Offenders

      • Matti Virkkunen
      Pages 147-157

  6. Psychopathology Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Biology, Mental Disorder, Aggression and Violence: What do We Know?

      • Sheilagh Hodgins, Michael von Grunau
      Pages 161-182

    3. Crime and the Schizophrenia Spectrum: A Study of Three Danish Cohorts

      • Leigh Silverton
      Pages 183-210

    4. Personality Variables in Antisocial and Prosocial Disinhibitory Behavior

      • Montserrat Goma, Jorge Perez, Rafael Torrubia
      Pages 211-222

    5. Prediction of Violence in Psychiatric Inpatients

      • Antonio Convit, Judith Jaeger, Shang Pin Lin, Morris Meisner, David Brizer, Jan Volavka
      Pages 223-245

    6. Bio-Social Influences on the Control of Aggression/Aggressive Behavior in Mental Health Settings

      • Mark A. J. O’Callaghan
      Pages 246-258
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About this book

This book presents reviews of the literature and reports of new findings from research into biological correlates of criminal behavior. The chapters are revised versions of talks given by participants in an Advanced Study Institute sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and held inCastelvecchio Pascoli in September, 1986. It is our second edited volume on biology and crime. The first book, The Causes of Cdme; New Biological Apwoaches, was published in 1987. In the preface to that book we described the regrettable hi. tory of the paeudobiological research into social problem. conducted by the Social Darwinists at the turn of the century. We requested that that unfortunate legacy not inhibit responsible and scientifically sound investigations of biological and psychological variables in criminology today. Evidence is mounting that showl that research limited to social and environmental vadables cannot explain the behavior of the minority of criminal offenders whose criminal careen begin in adolescence and develop into recidivistic and violent . . saults on society. Certainly these offenders are few, but epidemiological studies have found them to be responsible for an amount of crimes disproportionate to their small numbers. As few . . 5 % of males commit over 50% of criminal offenses. Intervention directed at these relatively few individuals could, if succes. ful, dramatically reduce our growing violent crime rate. The chapters in our earlier book showed that some biological variables do relate to this type of chronic offending.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Social Science Research Institute, and Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Sarnoff A. Mednick

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biological Contributions to Crime Causation

  • Editors: Terrie E. Moffitt, Sarnoff A. Mednick

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2768-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3655-3Published: 29 February 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7744-6Published: 21 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2768-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-123X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 332

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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