Die Neuauflage des Bandes liefert eine aktuelle Einführung in die biologischen Grundlagen
wichtiger psychischer Störungen, z. B. Demenzen, Schizophrenie, affektive Störungen …

This article reviews the current neurobiological literature on the aetiology of developmental
and acquired paedophilia and examines what the consequences could be in terms of …

Medical interventions such as methadone treatment for drug addicts or “chemical castration”
for sex offenders have been used in several jurisdictions alongside or as an alternative to …

A central tenet of medical ethics holds that it is permissible to perform a medical intervention
on a competent individual only if that individual has given informed consent to the …

Attempts to prevent criminal conduct have typically involved social or environmental
manipulations, with incarceration, probation regimens, and psychological rehabilitation …

“Committing a crime might render one morally liable to certain forms of medical intervention”,
claims Thomas Douglas, who stated in this context that “compulsory uses of medical …

An expert in criminology and psychology uses science to understand evil in today's society.
What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to …

Names: Johnson, L. Syd M, editor.| Rommelfanger, Karen S., editor. Title: The Routledge
handbook of neuroethics/edited by L. Syd M Johnson and Karen S. Rommelfanger …

John McMillan's article raises numerous important points about the ethics of surgical
castration of sex offenders. 1 In this commentary, we focus solely on and argue against the …

Sexual offences are committed by a very heterogeneous population, within which we can
distinguish paraphilic and non-paraphilic sex offenders (SOs). In addition, paraphiliacs vary …