Brain and Crime

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This handbook reviews the relation between brain function and aggressive and rule-breaking (criminal) behavior. The focus is on violation of social rules and not on violation of regulations that are different in different counties. The book discusses the development of this behavior from childhood into adulthood, and the mechanisms associated with the risk for aggression and rule-breaking behavior. The book explores from a a behavioral level concepts like psychopathology and syndrome and concepts from law, such as crime, defendant and offender. The book explores brain function, including emotion, cognitive processes, and decision making. From perspective of brain structure, the book covers brain networks and brain disorders and in genetics, the book includes the influence of genes and the mechanisms of epigenetics. All of the chapters are intended to provide information ultimately of use in diagnosis and treatment of disorders as well as assessment and prevention.