Mapping the Brain to Predict Antisocial Behaviour: New Frontiers in Neurocriminology,‘New’ Challenges for Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice System in New Zealand

Public confidence in the New South Wales criminal justice system

This bulletin describes a survey of public attitudes on levels of sentencing and whether the NSW criminal justice system is achieving its various aims. Consistent with previous research, a high proportion (66%) of respondents felt that sentences imposed on convicted offenders are either ‘a little too lenient’ or ‘much too lenient’. Most were either ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ confident that the criminal...

5. the Criminal Justice Response to Homicide

Bringing the perpetrators of homicide to justice and preventing impunity for those responsible for lethal violence is a core responsibility of the State. Indeed, there is international recognition1 that the State is required to provide judicial protection with regard to fundamental rights, including the right to life. An effective criminal justice system that ensures rigorous investigation, tim...

New Challenges and Frontiers in the Research for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To foster new ideas in the neurobiology of neuropsychiatric disorders, it is important to explore new hypothesis regarding the mechanisms of action of the candidate genes and to use appropriate substrates to test them. The use of animal models – even considering the genetic variability due to background and species – is critical to access the developmental brain, and to study the onset and prog...

Genomic medicine: new frontiers and new challenges.

BACKGROUND The practice of personalized medicine has made large strides since the introduction of high-throughput technologies and the vast improvements in computational biotechnology. The personalized-medicine approach to cancer management holds promise for earlier disease detection, accurate prediction of prognosis, and better treatment options; however, the early experience with personalized...