Environmental, Psychosocial and Neural Factors of Antisocial, Violent and Psychopathic Behaviors

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This thematic panel summarizes distinct findings that contribute to our understanding of the environmental, psychosocial and neural factors of the antisocial, violent and psychopathic behaviors. The first study explored the relationship between biased beliefs, psychopathy, and violent behavioral intentions, which helps us gain further insight into intrinsic mechanisms contributing to biased violence. The second study examined the neurocriminological contributions to a multilevel approach in assessing personalities associated with extreme and repetitive violence. Unique neurobiological patterns were identified in individuals with a history of extreme and repetitive violent behavior. The third study investigated the brain and environmental factors on antisocial behavior. Findings showed that individuals with poor brain and adverse environmental conditions displayed higher levels of antisocial behavior. The fourth study analyzed the change between scores for psychopathy over time in different types of facilities such as detention centers for juveniles and the last study investigated the potential bidirectional relationship between adolescents' social capital and their interaction with the justice system and treatment facilities. These findings provide a comprehensive understanding of adolescent psychopathic behavior within various settings. Collectively, the findings of all these studies highlight the need for multidimensional approaches that consider psychosocical, environmental, and neurobiological factors in addressing antisocial behaviors.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Perspectives on Crime / 1. Biological, Bio-social, and Psychological Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• Profiles of Biased Beliefs, Psychopathy, and Violent Behavioral Intentions Amongst a White, American Sample - Alexandra P. Harrison, University of Alabama; Andrea Glenn, University of Alabama

• Neurocriminological Contributions to a Multilevel Approach in Assessment of Personalities Associated with Extreme and Repetitive Violence: Comparing Single, Double, and Serial Killers in a Forensic Sample - Robert A. Schug, California State University, Long Beach

• Environmental and Brain Correlates of Antisocial Behavior - Bess Yin-Hung Lam, Hong Kong Shue Yan University; Simon S.Y. Lui, The University of Hong Kong; Paulina Pui-Yan Wong, Lingnan University; Adrian Raine, University of Pennsylvania

• Can Symptoms of Psychopathy Fluctuate in the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood within the Environments of Different Institutions? - Amanda L. Sutton, Georgia State University; Frances Chen, Georgia State University

• Institutional stay and offending behavior from ages 16 to 23: the role of personal capital and social ties - Hawi Geleto, Georgia State University; Frances Chen, Georgia State University

Chair

• Bess Yin-Hung Lam, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Organized by a Division or external group?

This thematic panel is organised by the Division of BioPsychoSocial Criminology.