Adrian Raine, born in 1954, is a British psychologist who serves as Richard Perry University Professor of Criminology and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, holding joint positions in its Department of Criminology and Department of Psychiatry. He is a leading researcher into the neurobiological and biosocial roots of antisocial and violent behavior, and his work using brain imaging to study the neurology of people who have committed murder was among the first of its kind in the field. His 2013 book The Anatomy of Violence won the Athenaeum Literary Award that year.
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Defining ContributionPioneer of neurocriminology; first scientist to use neuroimaging to study the brains of murderers 3 Notable WorkThe Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime (2013) 3 Connections
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27 January 1954
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a British psychologist
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Darlington, England
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Wikidata Q4685307, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. Adrian Raine | Department of Criminology - University of Pennsylvania
Faculty profile page, publications list
Raine, A. (2013). The anatomy of violence: The biological roots of crime. New York: Pantheon / Random House;
Faculty profile page, research interests
Neurocriminology, a new sub-discipline of Criminology which applies neuroscience techniques to probe the causes and cures of crime and violence.
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Associated With: Biosocial Criminology, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Biosocial Criminology, Lead section
He is noted for his research on the neurobiological and biosocial causes of antisocial and violent behavior in children and adults.
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