Neuroscience, Criminology and the issue of the cause of criminal behaviour

The significant innovations in the study of how the brain makes possible mental phenomena and human behaviours facilitate the understanding of even the most complex processes, thus affecting the way of conceiving the mind, behaviour and, more generally, human nature. The debate reveals its greatest importance when it refers to consciousness and the human beings’ freedom. Studies and research in the neuroscientific field, however, present many important implications in ethical, philosophical and social fields as well. Neuroscience has progressively increased our knowledge of the human brain and it’s functioning, providing us with an overview of the mental processes underlying human behaviour.