The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior

Criminological theory dating back one hundred years has been aware of the need to develop a neurobiology of extroversion impulsivity frontal-lobe dysfunction and aggressive behavior yet in the twentieth century criminologists have largely forsaken this psychobiological legacy. The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior looks at this legacy with reference to a variety of neurobiological methodologies currently in vogue. The authors are all distinguished researchers who have contributed considerably to their respective fields of psychiatry psychology psychobiology and neuroscience.