Predicting violent behavior: What can neuroscience add?

The ability to accurately predict violence and other forms of seriously antisocial behavior would provide important societal benefits, and there is substantial enthusiasm for the potential predictive accuracy of neuroimaging techniques. We review the current status of violence prediction using actuarial and clinical methods, and assess the current state of neuroprediction. We then outline a number of questions that need to be addressed by future studies of neuroprediction if they are to be successfully translated into public policy.

准确预测暴力及其他严重反社会行为的能力将带来重要的社会效益，对神经影像技术预测准确性的潜力存在广泛的热情。本文回顾了利用统计和临床方法进行暴力预测的现状，并评估了神经预测的现状。随后，本文概述了未来神经预测研究需要解决的若干问题，以确保其能够成功转化为公共政策。