Discover the most up-to-date information on the forensic neuroscience of violence

Forensic Neuroscience and Violence offers a contemporary, rigorous, and comprehensive examination of the intersection of neuroscience, violence, and the law. Drawing on the most current empirical research, this volume explores neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and neurological conditions and empirically based risk factors associated with violent and sexually violent behavior, while translating complex neuroscientific findings into meaningful forensic and legal applications in the courtroom. Informed by feedback from leading scholars and forensic professionals, the book integrates interdisciplinary perspectives from neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, and law.

Through detailed case examples and relevant caselaw, the book examines the forensic use of neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging methods within criminal legal proceedings, presenting forensic neuroscience, neurocriminology, and neurolaw in a fundamental, coherent, and practical manner. Particular emphasis is placed on the neuroanatomy of brain dysfunction in both juvenile and adult offender populations, and on how these impairments relate to violence and the specific forensic legal questions posed to experts.

Authored by John Matthew Fabian, PSY.D., J.D., ABPP, a nationally recognized expert in forensic psychology and neuropsychology, this work integrates decades of clinical, forensic, and courtroom experience. Dr. Fabian provides a meticulous analysis of neuropsychological and neuroscientific risk factors for violence and aggression, demonstrating how these findings inform forensic mental health assessment, expert testimony, and the law.

Forensic Neuroscience and Violence is an essential resource for professionals in forensic neuropsychology, forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry, and neurocriminology, as well as for attorneys, judges, graduate students, researchers, and academics working at the intersection of neuroscience and the criminal justice system. It will also earn a valued place in the libraries of those working in violence and sexual violence risk assessment, criminal behavior and neurocriminology, developmental psychopathology, social work, addiction and dual-diagnosis, and related disciplines.

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John Matthew Fabian, PSY.D., J.D., ABPP, is a board-certified forensic and clinical psychologist and fellowship-trained neuropsychologist. With more than 900 murder case evaluations and expert testimony in over 500 state and federal cases, his work bridges neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry, and the law. Dr. Fabian serves on the faculty of leading medical and forensic psychiatry training programs and is widely published in forensic neuroscience, neurocriminology, and the law.