Publisher's Synopsis
This text introduces students to "neurocriminalistics" (Jacobs 2005), the New School neuroscience of the violent criminal mind interpreted by high resolution brain scans and by brain fingerprinting and other state of the art neuropsych paradigms.
Criminal Psychology: Sexual Predators in the Age of Neuroscience is an academic text for undergraduate students wishing to understand "the criminal mind" as analyzed by the "yardsticks" of neuroscience.
- Each chapter has 2 predator profiles (bios of news-worthy criminals), allowing the student to discover insights not usually covered in news stories
- Integrates an extensive glossary, aiding in technical word knowledge
