This important volume is the first to address the use ofneuroimaging in civil and criminal forensic contexts and to includediscussion of prior precedents and court decisions. Equally usefulfor practicing psychiatrists and psychologists, it reviews both thelegal and ethical consideraitons of neuroimaging.

List of Contributors viiForeword xiHenry T. GreelyIntroduction xvPart I Imaging Techniques1 PET and SPECT 3Susan E. Rushing, Daniel A. Pryma and Daniel D. Langleben2 MRI and Functional MRI 27Erin D. Bigler, Mark Allen and Gary K. StimacPart II Clinical and Research Findings3 Traumatic Brain Injury 43Robert P. Granacher, Jr4 Dementia 67Melissa Lamar, Hal Wortzel, David J. Libon, Denene M. Wambach, Catherine C. Price and Anand Kumar5 Neuroimaging in Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder: Functional Significance and a Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis 81Andrea L. Glenn, Yaling Yang and Adrian Raine 6Pedophilia 99Christine Wiebking, Alexander Sartorius, Harald Dressing and Georg Northoff7 Imaging Psychoses: Diagnosis and Prediction of Violence 113Jazmin Camchong and Angus W. MacDonald III8 Neuroimaging in Affective Disorders: Applications in Clinical Research and Forensic Psychiatry 131Jonathan B. Savitz, Joseph R. Simpson and Wayne C. DrevetsPart III Neuroimaging in the Courts9 Application of Neuroimaging in Relationship to Competence to Stand Trial and Insanity 147Nathan J. Kolla and Jonathan D. Brodie10 Neuroimaging, Diminished Capacity and Mitigation 163Judith G. Edersheim, Rebecca Weintraub Brendel and Bruce H. Price11 Implications of Neuroimaging for Dangerousness Assessment 195Joachim Witzel12 Potential Uses of Neuroimaging in Personal Injury Civil Cases 201Robert P. Granacher, JrPart IV Emerging Areas13 Brain Imaging of Deception 217Daniel D. Langleben, Dan F.X. Willard and Jane C. Moriarty14 Identifying Memories and Their Use in Interrogations 237Johanna C. van HooffPart V Legal and Ethical Considerations15 Practical Legal Concerns 255Kristen M. Nugent16 Neuroimaging and the Constitution 275Kristen M. Nugent17 Practical Legal Concerns: The England and Wales Context 303Shuja M. Reagu and Pamela J. Taylor18 Neuroethics of Functional Neuroimaging in the Courtroom 325Elizabeth Ford and Neil Aggarwal19 Neuroimaging Evidence in Law: A Plea for Modesty and Relevance 341Stephen J. MorseIndex 359