Although both risk and protective factors are important components of etiological theories for
antisocial behavior, far less is known about protective factors and their impact. This review …

This paper reviews and discusses multiple sociological, psychological, and neurological risk
factors associated with violent crime and proposes self-compassion, an indicator of positive …

This article argues that to better understand involvement in terrorism, research needs to
focus on why most extremists will never actually commit such violence. It starts from the …

Purpose Our objective was to elucidate the trends in non-medical use of prescription opioids
(NMUPO) among whites, African-Americans, and Hispanic adolescents in the United States …

Because criminal behavior has many causes, it is reasonable to assume that some of those
causal factors will interact. Interactions occur when the effect of one factor on an outcome …

Antisocial behavior is a broad term that encompasses many facets of destructive behavior,
most of which bring harm to another person or involve the violation of the rights of others …

Purpose We examine evidence for whether decreases in externalizing behaviors are driven
by the absence of risk (eg, lack of poor housing quality) or the presence of something …

Background: Youth violence is a major global public health problem. Three UK and Swedish
studies suggest that low resting heart rate predicts male youth violence, but this has not …

Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior, Second Edition is fully updated to include recent
research, studies, and publications examining the integration of the biological view with …

Although social influences have been identified that protect against the intergenerational
transmission of antisocial behavior, there has been no prior research on biological …