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Format: 1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780128213766 , 0128213760 , 0-12-821376-0 , 0-12-821375-2

Series Statement: Handbook of clinical neurology ; volume 197, 3rd Series

Note: Intro -- Brain and Crime -- Copyright -- Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series -- Foreword -- Preface -- Reference -- Contributors -- Contents -- Section I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction: On brain and crime -- Introduction and Preliminary Remarks -- Developmental Perspectives on Nonadaptive Behavior -- Theoretical models -- Emotion and empathy -- Executive functioning -- Supportive interventions -- Neurolaw -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Section II: Structure and function -- Chapter 2: Genetics and epigenetics of human aggression* -- Introduction1 -- Reviews on the Genetics of Aggression -- Designs in Genetics of Aggression Studies -- Behavioral genetic approaches -- Integrating data on genetics of aggression from molecular genetic studies -- Genetic linkage and candidate gene studies -- Genome-wide association studies -- Epigenome-wide association studies -- Studies of Human Aggression in Other Omics Domains -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Network localization of antisocial behavior in neurological patients: Evidence and implications -- Introduction -- Evidence for Network Localization in Neurological Patients With Acquired Antisocial Behavior -- Focal brain lesions -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Huntington disease -- Parkinson disease patients with impulsive behaviors due to dopamine agonists -- Implications of Network Localization of Antisocial Behavior -- Implications for understanding psychopathy -- Implications of rehabilitation of criminal behavior -- Implications for moral and legal responsibility in persons with criminal behavior -- Neurology and the Law: Forensic Implications -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Prison and the brain -- Introduction -- Executive Functioning and Prefrontal Cortex -- EF and prefrontal cortex in offenders. , Environmental Enrichment and the Brain -- Enriched environment and brain plasticity -- Enriched environment and the prefrontal cortex -- Physical activity -- Cognitive challenges -- Social interaction -- Prison, an Impoverished Environment, and Its Influence on the Brain -- Impoverishment on the three ``pillars´´ -- Disturbed sleep and stress -- Extreme impoverishment: Solitary confinement -- Effects of imprisonment on brain function -- Is It Possible to Enrich the Prison Environment? -- Enrichment across the three pillars -- Physical activity -- Cognitive challenges -- Social interaction -- Increasing autonomy and decreasing stress -- An extraordinary example of an enriched prison environment: Bastøy -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Forensically relevant challenging behaviors and the genetics domain -- Introduction -- Relevant Issues in the Gene-Context Relation -- Hypothesis on monoamine oxidase A -- Lessons learned from epileptic phenomena -- Rett syndrome -- Hypothalamic hamartoma -- Three Examples of Monogenetic Disorders With Forensically Relevant Behaviors -- Smith-Magenis syndrome -- Cerebral creatine transporter deficiency -- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome -- Treatment and Clinical Management -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 6: Social-affective functioning and learning in psychopathy -- Introduction -- Self- and Other-Regarding Affective Processes -- Psychopathy and affect in others -- Psychopathy and own affect -- Social affect and psychopathy -- Integrating findings on own and others affective states in psychopathy -- Aversive Events and Associative Learning -- Alternative Views -- Attention bottleneck -- A constructionist view of emotions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Amygdala connectivity and aggression -- Introduction -- Amygdala -- Moral Decision-Making -- Moral development. , Moral dysfunction -- Emotion Regulation -- Development of emotion regulation -- Emotional dysregulation -- Amygdala connectivity of dysfunctional anger regulation and aggression -- Improving Amygdala-Prefrontal Connectivity as a Treatment -- Concluding Remarks and Future Directions -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: The ``(a)moral brain´´: When things go wrong -- Introduction -- The ``Moral Brain´´ -- The early days of the neuroscience of morality -- Neural correlates of morality -- When Things Go Wrong -- Psychopathy -- Callous-unemotional traits -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section III: Brain dysfunction -- Chapter 9: Illicit drug use and violence -- Introduction -- Drug classes under review -- Adapting Goldstein's framework for examining drugs and violence -- Method of Evidence Synthesis -- Literature search -- Approach to causal inference -- Types of relevant studies -- Epidemiological Studies of the Relationship between Drug Use and Violence -- Cannabis use and violence -- Stimulant use and violence -- Opioids use and violence -- Evidence from interventional studies -- Drug treatment studies -- The effects of cannabis legalization on crimes of violence -- The Biological Plausibility of Causal Relationships between Drug Use and Violence -- Evidence from animal studies -- The neurobiology of aggression -- The effects of illicit drugs on animal aggression -- Cannabinoids -- Stimulants -- Opiates -- Evidence from Human Neuroscience Studies -- Lesion studies and neurosurgical interventions -- Morphological alterations as predictors of aggression -- Brain function and aggression -- Overview of the Evidence -- Possible explanations on the relationship between drugs and violence -- Priorities for future research -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 10: Child maltreatment and victimization. , Introduction -- Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment -- Child Maltreatment and Victimization Outside the Family -- Mechanisms Connecting Child Maltreatment and Victimization -- Attentional bias to threat -- Reward processing and feedback learning -- Emotion regulation -- Social functioning -- Social Support Buffers the Impact of Child Maltreatment -- Conclusion and Future Directions -- Suggested Readings -- References -- Chapter 11: Sexual offenses and the brain -- Sexual Offences and Sexual Offenders -- The Importance of Studying the Brain for Understanding Sexual Offenses -- Brain Structure: Neuroimaging -- Computed tomography -- Structural MRI -- Diffusion tensor imaging -- Brain Function: Neuroimaging -- Positron emission tomography -- Functional magnetic resonance imagining -- Electroencephalography -- Summary and Tentative Interpretations of the Results -- Sexual Deviance and Offence Following a Neurologic Condition -- The Potential Role of Neurotransmitters -- Monoamine hypothesis -- Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) -- Neuropsychology -- Neuropsychology of sexual offenders -- Neuropsychology of pedophiles -- Idiopathic and acquired pedophiles: Neuropsychological profiles -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 12: The risk of criminal behavior in the elderly and patients with neurodegenerative disease -- Introduction -- The Elderly -- Alzheimer Disease -- Vascular Dementia -- Frontotemporal Dementia -- Parkinson Disease -- Huntington Disease -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 13: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the risk of crime -- Introduction -- FASD Etiology and Pathology -- FASD and the Brain -- FASD and Behavior -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Section IV: Assessment and treatment. , Chapter 14: Cognition, criminal conduct, and virtual reality: Understanding and reducing offending using simulated enviro ... -- Virtual Reality: What Is it? -- Examples of VR Applications -- VR as a Tool to Understand and Reduce Antisocial Behavior -- Observing criminal behavior as it takes place -- VR as an intervention tool to reduce antisocial behavior -- The Future of VR -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 15: Added value of neurotechnology for forensic psychiatric and psychological assessment -- Introduction -- Basic and complex neurotechniques -- Basic neurotechnology -- Neuropsychological factors -- Neurotransmitters -- Hormones -- Psychophysiology -- Genes -- Summary basic neurotechnology -- Complex neurotechnologies -- Brain -- Summary of complex technologies -- Linking biological information to psychopathology -- Conclusion -- References -- Section V: Ethics and law -- Chapter 16: Neurolaw: Challenges and limits -- The Meaning of Criminal Responsibility -- The Sources of Neuroexuberance -- The Limits of Behavioral Neuroscience -- The Radical Challenges of Neuroscience to Law -- Legal Relevance -- Neuroevidence in the Criminal Law Courtroom -- The Case for Cautious Optimism -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 17: Why neuroscience changes some things but not everything for the law -- Law and Science -- Neuroscience in the Justice System -- The Value of Neuroscience in Achieving Justice -- Developmental Neuroscience and the Law -- Evaluating the Effect of Fear -- Assessing Memory Evidence -- A Difference of Expert Opinion -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 18: Neurotechnology to reduce recidivism: Ethical and legal challenges -- Introduction -- Predicting and Preventing Recidivism: The Current State of Affairs -- Neurotechniques for the prediction and prevention of crime -- Prediction. , Prevention.

Language: English