Towards a neurobiological model of offending

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 872-882

  Mitchell, Ian J ^a   Beech, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attachment; Offending; Oxytocin; Social brain; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULTHOOD; AGGRESSION; AMBIVALENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISORIENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OFFENDER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SECURITY; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79955653696     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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