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The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine
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A neuroscientist and criminologist asks an uncomfortable question: can violent behaviour be rooted partly in the body and brain, and not only in upbringing and circumstance? Drawing on decades of research with offenders, Raine explores brain imaging, genetics, prenatal and early-childhood factors, nutrition and the physiology of fearlessness. He uses real criminal cases and his own studies to show how biology and environment interact. The book does not stop at the science. It goes on to the difficult ethical and legal issues that follow: responsibility, punishment, prediction and prevention. It is written for general readers and builds an argument piece by piece, provocative but careful. It suits anyone drawn to the psychology of crime and to the debates that sit underneath it.
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