Tinder-Box Criminal Aggression: Neuropsychology, Demography, Phenomenology

Abstract

This volume proposes a stepwise progression from neurogenic-based impulsivity to criminally aggressive behavior. It culminates in a broad-gauged conceptual model for understanding the dynamics of criminal aggression. The model discusses the prototypical interactive and developmental sequence from neuropsychological dysfunction through the acquisition of a high taste for risk to involvement in impulsively violent behavior. The authors also discuss implications for traditional concepts of culpability and for offender rehabilitation. 'Tinder-Box Criminal Aggression' will be of . . . interest to psychologists, biologists, sociologists, criminologists, and criminal justice professionals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)