Author : Jarkko Jalava,Stephanie Griffiths,Michael Maraun
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442628366
The Myth of the Born Criminal by Jarkko Jalava,Stephanie Griffiths,Michael Maraun Pdf
"[I]s psychopathy a brain disorder, as many scientists now claim? Or is it just a reflection of modern society's deepest fears? The Myth of the Born Criminal offers the first comprehensive critique of the concept of psychopathy from the eighteenth-century origins of the born-criminal theory to the latest neuroimaging, behavioural genetics, and statistical studies. Jarkko Jalava, Stephanie Griffiths, and Michael Maraun use their expertise in neuropsychology, psychometrics, and criminology to dispel the myth that psychopathy is a biologically-based condition. Deconstructing the emotive language with which both research scientists and reporters describe the psychopaths among us, they explain how the idea of psychopathy offers a comforting neurobiological solution to the mystery of evil"--Preliminary page.