When nature and nurture collide
Subtitle: early childhood trauma, adult crime, and the limits of criminal law
By: Theodore Y. Blumoff
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781611635003
Subjects: Children and violence; Psychic trauma; Crime; Criminal law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The scars of childhood violence; title: Evolutionary theory, neuroscience and the sources of legal norms; title: The developing brain; title: Major childhood trauma and brain development; title: Dualism and the assumption of universal free will; title: The settled view : conditioning, cognition and character; title: The problem (and paradox) of moral luck; title: Tending to wounded children : a view from liberal democracy; title: Some objections; title: Rediscovering compassion.