Summary Of The Anatomy Of Violence By Adrian Raine

Human Psychology provides a strong personal interest with vast areas of study. With this said through my own study I was particularly drawn to the psychology of those whom commit violent crimes. The psychology of violent criminals, particularly serial killers, is riddled with a great array of mental illness, such as: schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, anti social personality disorder (informally known as sociopathy) and psychopathy. The study of human psychology – particularly that of violent criminals, although pursued is a broad field of great development. As well as this, the criminal psychology offers a far too broad area of study, of which is riddled with bias and unanswered questions. With this said, due to my great interest and knowledge of the topic it will still be encompassed in my final research topic.

Through my personal research I came across the book ‘The Anatomy of Violence’ by Adrian Raine. Raine’s non-fiction novel included copious information, including the brain scans, showing the difference between murders and a normally functioning brain- this led to me to the idea of penalty and punishment.

[Source: The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine, 2013]

While considering the punishment and penalty of violent criminals it drew me to the broad and ethically questioned

After refining the immediate problems identified it came to my attention that by posing the question using ‘reinstated’ it applies to all countries and stated that have abolished the death penalty. This made the question broad in a way I had not yet considered; fixing this lead me to my final topic