The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Forensic Neuroscience

Anthony R. Beech, Adam J. Carter, Ruth E. Mann, Pia Rotshtein, Anthony R. Beech, Adam J. Carter, Ruth E. Mann, Pia Rotshtein

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781119121190, 9781118650929
• eBook ISBN: 9781118650912
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Forensic Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Explores how the explosion of neuroscience-based evidence in recent years has led to a fundamental change in how forensic psychology can inform working with criminal populations.

This book communicates knowledge and research findings in the neurobiological field to those who work with offenders and those who design policy for offender rehabilitation and criminal justice systems, so that practice and policy can be neurobiologically informed, and research can be enhanced.

Starting with an introduction to the subject of neuroscience and forensic settings, The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Forensic Neuroscience then offers in-depth and enlightening coverage of the neurobiology of sex and sexual attraction, aggressive behavior, and emotion regulation; the neurobiological bases to risk factors for offending such as genetics, developmental, alcohol and drugs, and mental disorders; and the neurobiology of offending, including psychopathy, antisocial personality disorders, and violent and sexual offending. The book also covers rehabilitation techniques such as brain scanning, brain-based therapy for adolescents, and compassion-focused therapy.

The book itself:

• Covers a wide array of neuroscience research
• Chapters by renowned neuroscientists and criminal justice experts
• Topics covered include the neurobiology of aggressive behavior, the neuroscience of deception, genetic contributions to psychopathy, and neuroimaging-guided treatment
• Offers conclusions for practitioners and future directions for the field.

The Handbook of Forensic Neuroscience is a welcome book for all researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students involved with forensic psychology, neuroscience, law, and criminology.

Volume 1

About the Editors

Anthony R. Beech is an emeritus professor in criminological psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK and a fellow of the BPS. He has authored over 190 peer-reviewed articles, 50 book chapters and six books in the area of forensic science/criminal justice. In 2009 he received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in Dallas, and the Senior Award from the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society. His particular areas of research interests are: risk assessment; the neurobiological bases of offending; reducing online exploitation of children; and increasing psychotherapeutic effectiveness of the treatment given to offenders. His recent research has examined: Internet offending; new approaches to treatment of offenders; and the neurobiological basis of offending.

Adam J. Carter is a chartered and registered forensic psychologist with over 20 years’ experience working in National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and Her Majesty's Prison Service, predominantly in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending. Adam has a number of book chapters and journal articles published on the subject of the assessment and treatment of sexual offending, and is committed to improving practice in these areas. He received his Ph.D. from Leicester University in 2009 and is currently Head of Offence Specialism for Extremism Offending in Interventions Services, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, UK.

Ruth E. Mann is employed by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, England and Wales. As Head of Evidence-Based Practice, she monitors and translates research literature and oversees research projects designed to improve criminal justice processes. Previously Ruth managed the national strategy for the assessment and treatment of sexual offending in the prison and probation services. In 2010, Ruth received the BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Senior Award for her contribution to forensic psychology in the UK. Ruth has authored or co-authored over 70 scholarly publications on topics related to the treatment of sexual offending, program evaluations and large-scale studies of risk factors for crime.

Pia Rotshtein is a lecturer at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK. She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications. Her research interest focuses on understating the neuroscience of complex behaviors and cognition, like those involved in social cognition and emotional processing.

The editors would like to thank Francesca White and Fiona Screen for their hard work on the text, Jane Read for the index, and Baljinder Kaur at Aptara for the typesetting.

List of Contributors

Ahmad Abu-Akel is a research fellow at the Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His research focuses on the neural bases of attentional and socio-cognitive abilities, and the relationship between autism and schizophrenia spec-trum disorders using behavioral and neuroimaging paradigms.

Anders Ågmo is professor of psychobiology at the University of Tromsø, Norway. He has spent part of his career in France (Universite Paris VI and Universite de Tours) and Mexico (Universidad Anahuac), and been a guest professor at the University of Dusseldorf, the Rockefeller University, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Professor Agmo has published extensively on rodent sexual behavior and motivation, and on the potential usefulness of animal models for understanding human behavior.

Saz P. Ahmed recently completed her doctoral studies at the Department of Psy-chology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her research interests include cognitive and neural processes underpinning emotion regulation.

Nick Alderman is Director of Clinical Services & Consultant Clinical Neuropsy-chologist, Brain Injury Services, Partnerships in Care. He is acknowledged as one of the UK's foremost experts in the management of challenging behavior secondary to acquired brain injury and has over 30 years' experience working in and leading neurobehavioral rehabilitation services.

Clare S. Allely is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Salford in Manchester, UK, and is an affiliate member of the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Clare is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the College of Med-ical, Veterinary and Life Sciences affiliated to the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow. Dr. Allely holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the Univer-sity of Manchester and has previously graduated with an M.A. (hons.) in Psychology from the University of Glasgow, an M.Res. in Psychological Research Methods from the University of Strathclyde, and an M.Sc. degree in Forensic Psychology from Glas-gow Caledonian University. Between June 2011 and June 2014, Dr. Allely worked at the University of Glasgow as a postdoctoral researcher. Current research projects and interests include the path to intended violence in mass shooters; autism spectrum disorders in the criminal justice system (police, courts, prisons); the psychology of terrorism and research into brain injury or neurodevelopmental disorders in forensic populations.

Daniel G. Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa and San Francisco, CA, Bellevue, WA, Reston, VA, Atlanta, GA, and New York, NY. Amen Clinics have the world's largest database of functional brain scans relating to behavior, totaling more than 125,000 scans on patients from 111 countries. He is the lead researcher on the world's largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players. He is the author or co-author of 70 professional articles, seven book chapters, and over 30 books, including the number one New York Times bestseller The Daniel Plan and Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, and The Brain Warrior's Way. Dr. Amen's published scientific articles have appeared in a number of journal including: Molecular Psychiatry, PLOS One, and Nature's Translational Psychiatry, and his research teams' work was honored by Discover Magazine as one of the top 100 stories in science for 2015.

Kevin M. Beaver is a professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University and a visiting distinguished professor in the Center of Social and Humanities Research at King Abdulaziz University. His research examines the development of antisocial behaviors from a biosocial perspective.

Anthony R. Beech is an emeritus professor in criminological psychology at the Uni-versity of Birmingham, UK, and a fellow of the BPS. He has authored over 190 peer-reviewed articles, 50 book chapters, and six books in the area of forensic sci-ence/criminal justice. In 2009 he received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in Dallas, and the Senior Award from the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society. His particular areas of research interests are: risk assessment; the neurobiological bases of offending; reducing online exploitation of children; and increasing psychotherapeutic effective-ness of the treatment given to offenders. His recent research has examined: Internet offending; new approaches to treatment of offenders; and the neurobiological basis of offending.

Ulrik R. Beierholm is assistant professor in psychology at the University of Durham, UK. He is a computational neuroscientist developing and testing theoretical models of information processing in the human brain, taking inspiration from economics and machine learning to explain human perception, learning, and decision making.

Sune Bo is a clinical psychologist at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychi-atric Research Unit, Region Zealand, Denmark. His research focuses on personality disorders, mentalizing, and psychotherapy treatment.

Jennifer Brooks is consultant clinical psychologist for Brain Injury Services, Partner-ships in Care and has worked within neurobehavioral rehabilitation for ten years. She has delivered various conference papers on the assessment and treatment of challeng-ing behavior after acquired brain injury and published clinical papers on risk assessment and rehabilitation approaches.

Adam J. Carter is a chartered and registered forensic psychologist with over 20 years' experience working in National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and Her Majesty's Prison Service, predominantly in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending. Adam has a number of book chapters and journal articles published on the subject of the assessment and treatment of sexual offending, and is committed to improving practice in these areas. He received his Ph.D. from Leicester Univer-sity in 2009 and is currently Head of Offence Specialism for Extremism Offending in Interventions Services, HMPPS UK.

Dave Checknita is a Ph.D. student in neuroscience at Uppsala University whose research examines how early life adversity associates with genetic and epigenetic factors to influence risk for mental disorders and antisocial behavior in adulthood.

Jason M. Cowell is a developmental psychologist (Ph.D. from the University of Min-nesota). He is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, US. Dr. Cowell studies the development of moral cognition and behavior in young children across cultures.

Kevin Creeden, M.A., LMHC, is the Director of Assessment and Research at the Whitney Academy in East Freetown, MA. He has over 35 years of clinical experience treating children, adolescents, and their families, working extensively with sexually and physically aggressive youth. Over the past 25 years, his primary focus has been on issues of trauma and attachment difficulties, especially with regard to the neuro-logical impact of trauma on behavior. He has authored articles and book chapters on the neuro-developmental impact of trauma on sexual behavior problems and sexual offending behavior. Mr. Creeden trains and consults nationally and internationally to youth service, community, mental health, and forensic service programs.

George Davis is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who currently serves as the Direc-tor of Psychiatry for the New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families. Dr. Davis previously served on faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine as Residency Director, Division Director and Vice Chair of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and continues to teach and supervise there on a lim-ited basis as adjunct faculty. In addition to the university and state service, Dr. Davis previously worked for five years at the Indian Health Service, providing care for several of the pueblos and tribal hospitals and clinics in New Mexico. He became a Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy in 2011. His primary areas of interest are delinquency as an outcome of early neglect and abuse, extreme behavior disorders in young chil-dren, psychopharmacology, and systems of care for severely disabled and underserved populations.

Stéphane A. De Brito is a Birmingham Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on the social, cognitive, affective, and neurocognitive factors implicated in the development and persistence of antiso-cial and aggressive behavior. A second strand of his research examines those factors among youths who have experienced early adversity. A common goal across these two strands of research is to understand how environmental and individual factors interact throughout the lifespan to increase risks for poor outcomes or promote resilience.

Jean Decety is Irving B. Harris Distinguished Service Professor of...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Index
• EULA