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While crime is partially a social and environmental problem, the main idea behind neurocriminology (also known as neurolaw) is that the condition of an individual's brain often needs to be included in the analysis for a complete understanding. [1] [2] This can include conditions such as brain tumors, psychoses, sociopathy, sleepwalking, and ...
It was established in 1979 as the Journal of Behavioral Assessment, obtaining its current name in 1985. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Randall Salekin (University of Alabama). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 2.056. [1]
The correlates of crime explore the associations of specific non-criminal factors with specific crimes. The field of criminology studies the dynamics of crime. Most of these studies use correlational data; that is, they attempt to identify various factors are associated with specific categories of criminal behavior.
Biological psychopathology is the study of the biological etiology of mental illnesses with a particular emphasis on the genetic and neurophysiological basis of clinical psychology. Biological psychopathology attempts to explain psychiatric disorders using multiple levels of analysis from the genome to brain functioning to behavior.
Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring biocultural factors. While contemporary criminology has been dominated by sociological theories, biosocial criminology also recognizes the potential contributions of fields such as behavioral genetics, neuropsychology, and evolutionary psychology.
Biological psychiatry or biopsychiatry is an approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous system.It is interdisciplinary in its approach and draws on sciences such as neuroscience, psychopharmacology, biochemistry, genetics, epigenetics and physiology to investigate the biological bases of behavior and psychopathology.
The journal was established in 1977 as Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology, obtaining its current name in 1982. [1] [2] It is published eight times per year by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Louis Gendron (Université de Sherbrooke). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 5.6. [3]
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science.