Sheilagh Hodgins is a Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and books on mental disorders and violence. Her research endeavours to understand the developmental mechanisms associated with stable patterns of aggressive behaviours in individuals who present different mental disorders and to use this information to inform specific interventions.Essi Viding is a Reader at the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. Her research explores the different developmental pathways that can lead to persistent antisocial behaviour, with a particular focus on psychopathy. Dr. Viding has trained in both behavioural genetics and cognitive neuroscience and uses a range of methodologies including twin model-fitting and fMRI in her research.Anna Plodowski is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, using the cognitive neuroscience methodologies of electrophysiology and fMRI to investigate persistent violent offending.

This book is aimed at neuroscientists, criminologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. There are good explanations throughout, making it accessible to multiple professions

• VIOLENT OFFENDERS: LIFE-LONG PATTERNS ; 1. Neurobiology and the development of violence: common assumptions and controversies ; 2. The life-course persistent pathway of antisocial behaviour: risks for violence and poor physical health ; 3. Violent behaviour among people with schizophrenia: a framework for investigations of causes, and effective treatment, and prevention ; CHILDHOOD CHARACTERISTICS ; 4. The use of callous-unemotional traits to define important subtypes of antisocial and violent youth ; 5. Aggression in young children with concurrent callous-unemotional traits: can the neurosciences inform progress and innovation in treatment approaches? ; 6. The dynamics of threat, fear and intentionality in the conduct disorders: longitudinal findings in the children of women with post-natal depression ; NEUROBIOLOGICAL MODELS AND FINDINGS ; 7. The amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex: functional contributions and dysfunctions in psychopathy ; 8. Persistent violent offending in adult men: a critical review in neuroimaging studies ; 9. Brain imaging in children with conduct disorder ; 10. Executive functions of persistent violent offenders: a critical review of the literature ; 11. The neuroendocrinology of antisocial behaviour ; 12. From markers to mechanisms: using psychophysiological measures to elucidate basic processes underlying aggressive behaviour ; GENETIC CONTRIBUTIONS ; 13. Quantitative genetic studies of antisocial behaviour ; 14. Gene-brain associations: the example of MAOA ; REHABILITATION ; 15. Reducing personal violence: risk factors and effective interventions ; 16. Effective psychological interventions for conduct problems: current evidence and new directions ; 17. Why are programmes for offenders with personality disorder not informed by the relevant scientific findings? ; 18. Understanding development and prevention of chronic physical aggression: towards experimental epigenetic studies

Sheilagh Hodgins is a Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and books on mental disorders and violence. Her research endeavours to understand the developmental mechanisms associated with stable patterns of aggressive behaviours in individuals who present different mental disorders and to use this information to inform specific interventions.Essi Viding is a Reader at the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. Her research explores the different developmental pathways that can lead to persistent antisocial behaviour, with a particular focus on psychopathy. Dr. Viding has trained in both behavioural genetics and cognitive neuroscience and uses a range of methodologies including twin model-fitting and fMRI in her research.Anna Plodowski is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, using the cognitive neuroscience methodologies of electrophysiology and fMRI to investigate persistent violent offending.

This book is aimed at neuroscientists, criminologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. There are good explanations throughout, making it accessible to multiple professions

• VIOLENT OFFENDERS: LIFE-LONG PATTERNS ; 1. Neurobiology and the development of violence: common assumptions and controversies ; 2. The life-course persistent pathway of antisocial behaviour: risks for violence and poor physical health ; 3. Violent behaviour among people with schizophrenia: a framework for investigations of causes, and effective treatment, and prevention ; CHILDHOOD CHARACTERISTICS ; 4. The use of callous-unemotional traits to define important subtypes of antisocial and violent youth ; 5. Aggression in young children with concurrent callous-unemotional traits: can the neurosciences inform progress and innovation in treatment approaches? ; 6. The dynamics of threat, fear and intentionality in the conduct disorders: longitudinal findings in the children of women with post-natal depression ; NEUROBIOLOGICAL MODELS AND FINDINGS ; 7. The amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex: functional contributions and dysfunctions in psychopathy ; 8. Persistent violent offending in adult men: a critical review in neuroimaging studies ; 9. Brain imaging in children with conduct disorder ; 10. Executive functions of persistent violent offenders: a critical review of the literature ; 11. The neuroendocrinology of antisocial behaviour ; 12. From markers to mechanisms: using psychophysiological measures to elucidate basic processes underlying aggressive behaviour ; GENETIC CONTRIBUTIONS ; 13. Quantitative genetic studies of antisocial behaviour ; 14. Gene-brain associations: the example of MAOA ; REHABILITATION ; 15. Reducing personal violence: risk factors and effective interventions ; 16. Effective psychological interventions for conduct problems: current evidence and new directions ; 17. Why are programmes for offenders with personality disorder not informed by the relevant scientific findings? ; 18. Understanding development and prevention of chronic physical aggression: towards experimental epigenetic studies