Page numbers in italics refer to figures.
adolescents
aggression in, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1
antisocial behavior in, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2
in hypothetical future scenarios
violence by, 1.1, 4.1, 6.1, 11.1
adoption, adoptees
antisocial behavior in, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2
adoption studies
Adventures of Tintin, The, 9.1, 9.2
affectionless psychopathy, 6.1, 8.1
affective
functions, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
Africa, Africans, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1
African-Americans, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
aggression
in animals, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
defensive, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 9.1
impulsive, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 6.1, 10.1
male sexual jealousy and, 1.1, 6.1
primitive evolutionary logic of
reactive, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
regulated, cold-blooded, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1
alcoholism, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 10.1, 11.1
alcohol use, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2
during pregnancy, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 9.1
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll), 9.1, 11.1
Alzheimer’s disease, 3.1, 10.1
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 10.1, 11.1
American Civil Liberties Union
American Psychiatric Association
amygdala, itr.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1
maldevelopment of, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 10.1
anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (aMRI)
angular gyrus, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 8.1
animals
aggressive behavior in, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
experiments on, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2
parental instincts in, 8.1, 11.1
anomalies, physical, as markers for aggression, 6.1, 8.1
anterior cingulate, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 10.1
anticipatory fear, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.1
antisocial behavior, itr.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1
broken (structurally different) brains in, 5.1, 5.2
“cheating” strategy in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 4.1
malnutrition and, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
antisocial personality disorder, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2
anxiety disorders, 4.1, 8.1, 11.1
assault, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1
attention, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1
autonomic nervous system, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1
“bad birth and bad mother” hypothesis
Bechara, Antoine, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 8.1
Better Angels of Our Nature, The (Pinker)
in hypothetical future scenarios
brain change through, 9.1, 9.2
nutrition in, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
biology
as basis of crime and violence, prf.1, itr.1
social factors and, prf.1, itr.1
biosocial model, prf.1, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
violence exponentially increased through
birds, abandonment of offspring by
birth complications
and maternal rejection, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1
as precursor to violence, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2
bomb-disposal experts, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
bonding, disruption of, see maternal rejection
borderline personality disorder, 7.1, 9.1
“Born to Be Criminal?” (Sterzer)
boys
antisocial, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
inappropriate sexual behavior in
brain
affective processing in, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
biological intervention and changes in, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
as broken (structurally different) in violent individuals, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 10.1
cognitive processing in, 3.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1
early health influences on, 5.1, 6.1
fetal maldevelopment of, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
as functionally different in violent individuals, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
in hypothetical future scenarios
impairment to, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2; see also head injury
in issues of legal responsibility
in moral dilemma, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
motor processing in, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
neuroanatomy of, 3.1, 8.1, 8.2
normal, 5.1
in psychopaths, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
software vs. hardware failure in, 5.1, 5.2
and violence, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1
violence and malfunction of, 3.1, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1
volume reduction in areas of, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene
brain hemispheres, 1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
brain imaging, itr.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
of antisocial individuals, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
of murderers, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1
see also specific techniques
Breivik, Anders Behring, 9.1, 9.2
Buchsbaum, Monte, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1
bullying, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2
burglary, prf.1, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5
Bustamante, Antonio, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, 10.1
cadmium, toxicity of, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
California, University of
callousness, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1
Cambridge University, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1
Canada, 1.1, 1.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
cancer, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5
cardiac M2–muscarinic cholinergic receptors
Cardiff, Wales, violence reduction in
cardiovascular system, 3.1, 4.1
cavum septum pellucidum, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1
central nervous system (CNS), 6.1, 7.1
“cheating” strategy, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 4.1
Chicago Project on Human Development
child abuse, itr.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 8.1, 11.1
effect on brain of, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1
by mothers, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2
children
aggression in, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1, 11.1
antisocial behavior in, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1
brain development in, 3.1, 5.1
and early life experiences as predictors of violence, itr.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2; see also neurodevelopmental theory
education of, see school, education
effects of prenatal smoking on
fear conditioning in, 4.1, 4.2
genetic investment in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
head injury in, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2
in hypothetical future scenarios
malnutrition in, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2
in Mauritius stimulation-seeking study
murder of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 11.1
in public-care institutions, 6.1, 6.2
rejected by mother, see maternal rejection
risk factors for, itr.1, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
chimpanzees, shared genes of humans and
China, Chinese, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1, 11.2
chromosomes
chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
civil liberties
in hypothetical future scenarios, 11.1, 11.2
societal security vs., 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
classical conditioning, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 8.1
clemency, retribution vs., 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
cognitive-behavior therapy, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
Columbine High School massacre
roots of violence at, 6.1, 6.2
conditioned emotional response
conduct disorder, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
conscience
absence of, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
autonomic nervous system in, 4.1, 4.2
continuous performance task, 3.1, 3.2
corpus callosum, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1
crime
biological contribution to, prf.1, itr.1, 1.1, 6.1
fear conditioning and predisposition to
sociological model for, prf.1, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1
Crime and Personality (Eysenck)
crime prevention
government intervention in, 11.1, 11.2
hypothetical future scenarios in
through prediction, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
criminal justice system
argument for clemency in, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
argument for retribution in, 1.1, 10.1, 11.1
hypothetical future scenarios in
criminals
biosocial influences in creation of
“born” 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1
broken (anatomically different) brains of
in hypothetical future scenarios
physical attributes of, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 6.1
CT (computed tomography) scan, 5.1, 7.1
Czech Republic, surgical castration in
Damasio, Antonio, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 8.1, 8.2
“dangerous and severe personality disorder”
Danny (biofeedback subject), 9.1, 9.2
Dark Knight Rises, The, massacre at
death penalty, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1
decision-making, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2
defensive aggression, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 9.1
delinquency, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1
fetal alcohol syndrome and, 6.1, 6.2
birth complication study in, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 11.1
Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone)
depression, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 11.2
detention centers, prisons vs., 11.1, 11.2
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
DNA, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 11.1
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), 7.1, 9.1
domestic violence, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 9.1
dopamine, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1
dorsolateral prefrontal, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
drifters, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, itr.1, 10.1, 10.2
drug abuse, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
drugs
see also medication; specific drugs
“Early Warning, Timely Response” guide
EEG (electroencephalogram), 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), 7.1, 9.1
emotion
absence of, 2.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
brain in processing of, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2
impaired prefrontal cortex and, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2
lack of, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 8.1
employment, unstable, 1.1, 3.1
England
legal and justice system in, 11.1, 11.2
enrichment intervention, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
environment
and cultural development, 1.1, 1.2
heritability vs., 2.1, 2.2, 11.1
in mediating effects of brain damage
structural brain abnormalities and, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1
and violence, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1
epigenetics, and maternal neglect, 8.1, 8.2
epilepsy, epileptic seizures, 5.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
equal environments assumption, 2.1, 2.2
ethnicity
eugenics, prf.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
as fueled by Lombroso’s theories
evolution
Lombroso’s ethnic hierarchy of, 1.1, 5.1
violence as survival strategy in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
evolutionary theory
executive functioning, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 9.1, 10.1
externalizing behavior, 7.1, 7.2
families
different outcomes for siblings in
high-risk, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 10.1, 10.2
low-risk, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 11.1
risk factors from, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
violent heritage within, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 5.1
fathers
in hypothetical future scenarios
murder by, 1.1
fear conditioning, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 11.1
fetal alcohol syndrome, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
fetal maldevelopment
of brain, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
physical anomalies of, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1
fight-flight response, itr.1, 3.1
Filiaggi, James “Jimmy the Fuse”
gender differences and length of
fish
in nutrition, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2
worldwide consumption of, 7.1, 7.2
Forty-four Juvenile Thieves (Bowlby)
fraternal (dizygotic) twins, 2.1, 2.2
criminal justice and, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
frontal cortex, itr.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 3.1, 5.1
future hypothetical scenarios
Gage, Phineas, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2
other brain injury victims vs.
Gary, Carlton (Stocking Strangler), 8.1, 8.2, 11.1
gender differences
in parental investment, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.1
in violence, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
gene pool, survival of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 11.1
genes
function of, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1, 7.1
selfish, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
genetics
as basis for crime, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 11.1
social factors and, 2.1, 8.1, 11.1
surgical castration in, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1
girls
inappropriate sexual behavior in
Glock semiautomatic handgun, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
glucose metabolism, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1
glutamatergic neurotransmitters
government
escalating security programs of
in hypothetical future scenarios, 11.1, 11.2
gray matter, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 9.1
U.S. availability of, 1.1, 6.1
hair
heavy metal analysis of, 7.1, 7.2
Hare, Robert, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 8.1
Harvard University, 3.1, 4.1, 6.1
head injury, itr.1, 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 8.1, 8.2
in childhood, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2
heart rate
low, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1
as predictor of aggression, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
heavy metal exposure, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
Hill, Darrel, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
hippocampus, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
maldevelopment of, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
and fish consumption, 7.1, 7.2
in hypothetical future scenarios, 11.1, 11.2
see also murder
Hong Kong University, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2
hormones, in fetal development
Huberty, James Oliver, 7.1, 7.2
Human Genome Project, prf.1, 2.1, 11.1
hyperactivity, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1
identical (monozygotic) twins, 2.1, 3.1
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
impulse control
absence of, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2
neurotransmitters in, 2.1, 7.1
prefrontal cortex in, 3.1, 3.2, 9.1
infanticide, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
inferior frontal, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2
insanity defense, 3.1, 5.1, 11.1
intellect, in offenders, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
IQ
low, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1
iron deficiency, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 9.1
Italy, Italians, in Lombroso’s hierarchy
fish consumption in, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1
Jews
persecution of, 1.1, 10.1, 11.1
Joëlle (Mauritius study participant, Miss Mauritius), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 9.1
Joint Child Health Project, 9.1, 9.2
Jonesboro middle school shooting
Kaczynski, Ted (Unabomber), 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1
Kellerman, Jonathan, prf.1, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1
Kinkel, Bill, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Kinkel, Faith, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Kinkel, Kip, 7.1, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7
Kraft, Randy (Freeway Killer, Scorecard Killer), 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1