The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime by Adrian Raine
Several years ago, when I worked at the national forensic psychiatric hospital, I read this book for the first time. As I stopped reading it after reading two-thirds of it, I read again from the beginning. Now, I became to like this book more than my first reading. As a renowned neurocriminologist, the author deals with the biosocial causes of violent criminals and how to prevent such crimes based on scientific findings. A variety of case examples and proven scientific knowledge are well-organized and woven to convey the major topic. So, the author’s provocative idea regarding the future national crime prevention program in the last chapter doesn’t sound like science fiction or daydreaming. The author’s future imaginary prevention programs named “the LOMBROSO (Legal Offensive on Murder: Brain Research Operation for the Screening of Offenders)” (which seems to be named after Cesare Lombroso, the founder of biological criminology) and “the NCSP (the National Child Screening Program)” loo...