NCJ Number
57484
Editor(s)
D LABERGE-ALTMEJD
Date Published
1978
Length
380 pages
Annotation
RESEARCH ON AGGRESSION AND DANGEROUSNESS AND THEIR CRIMINOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR HELD IN JUNE 1977 IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC.
Abstract
THE 3-DAY GATHERING BROUGHT TOGETHER SCIENTISTS FROM CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, BELGIUM, AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO CONSIDER THE STATUS OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH OF SIGNIFICANCE TO CRIMINOLOGISTS AND TO THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS. THE PROCEEDINGS REPORT CONSISTS OF FOUR PAPERS DESCRIBING EXPERIMENTAL (ANIMAL) STUDIES ON AGGRESSION, FOUR ON DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN AGGRESSION, FIVE ON THE USE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION METHODS IN DIAGNOSIS AND IN PREDICTION OF DANGEROUSNESS, AND THREE ON EVALUATION AND ITS APPLICATION IN TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR OFFENDERS. LISTS OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING DATA ACCOMPANY SEVERAL OF THE PAPERS. THE SEMINAR AGENDA AND A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ARE PROVIDED. ALTHOUGH THE DOCUMENT'S CHAPTER HEADINGS AND INTRODUCTORY AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS ARE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH, ALL PAPERS BUT ONE ARE IN ENGLISH ONLY. SEE NCJ-57485 AND 57486 FOR STUDIES OF AGGRESSION IN ANIMALS, 57487 FOR A PAPER ON THE MEDICAL MODEL IN CRIMINOLOGY, 57488-57491 FOR STUDIES OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION METHODS, AND 57492 AND 57493 FOR PAPERS ON EVALUATION. (LKM)