Il ruolo della neurocriminologia nella costruzione di un profilo criminologico dell’omicida seriale

Abstract

Neurocriminology is a discipline which has developed over the last decade. Its aim is to study biological and neurological variables related to violence and, consequently, to criminality. Its intervention is intended to diagnose, prevent and work on violence in general, particularly on crime, following the bio-psycho-social model of criminality. The purpose of this article is to analyse modalities permitting the investigators to determine the profile of a serial killer according to their neurocriminological characteristics. The phenomenon of serial killing is described in the introduction. This descriptive analysis takes into account the typically used classifications, the criminogenesis, and the criminodynamics. In the second part, neurocriminological variables associated with this criminal profile are reviewed. Among them, the main variables are genetics and brain functioning