The Myth of the Born Criminal

The Myth of the Born Criminal
Author: Jarkko Jalava
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442628367


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"[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.


The Myth of the Born Criminal
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Jarkko Jalava
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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"[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 of
The Myth of the Born Criminal
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Jarkko Jalava
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-06 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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By some estimates, there are as many as twelve million psychopaths in the United States alone. Cold-blooded, remorseless, and strangely charismatic, they commit
Creating Born Criminals
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Nicole Hahn Rafter
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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But Creating Born Criminals is much more than a look at the past. It is an exploration of the role of biological explanation as a form of discourse and of its i
The Myth of the Born Criminal
Language: en
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Authors: Jarkko Jalava
Categories: HEALTH & FITNESS
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher:

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Born to Crime
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Mary Gibson
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-30 - Publisher: Praeger

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Despite the popular perception that genetic explanations of the causes of crime are new, biological determinism is an idea that dates back to the birth of crimi