Homicide or Happiness: Did Folate Fortification and Public Health Campaigns Influence Homicide Rates and the Great American Crime Decline? DOI Creative Commons
Stephen J. Schoenthaler, Susan L. Prescott,

Alan Logan

et al.

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 1075 - 1075

Published: April 6, 2024

The last several years have witnessed a remarkable growth in research directed at nutrition and behavior, with increased interest the field of nutritional criminology. It is becoming clear that dietary patterns specific nutrients play an important role cognition including those related to aggression, violence, antisocial activity. Included this expanding knowledge base recognition folate, through multiple pathways, enzymatic reactions gut microbiome ecology, plays critical central nervous system functioning. These mechanistic advances allow for retrospective analysis topic remains unexplained—the sudden unpredicted drop homicide other violent crime rates United States nations 1990s. Here, we revisit marked reduction lens coincident public health campaign (and subsequent mandatory fortification) increase folic acid intake. Based on objectively measured blood folate levels National Health Nutrition Examination Surveys, there little doubt tissue dramatic rise national level from 1988 2000. Drawing accumulated emerging neurobehavioral aspects it our contention relatively massive may contributed reductions States.

Language: Английский

Beyond Auto-Brewery: Why Dysbiosis and the Legalome Matter to Forensic and Legal Psychology DOI Creative Commons

Alan Logan,

Susan L. Prescott, Erica M. LaFata

et al.

Laws, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 46 - 46

Published: July 11, 2024

International studies have linked the consumption of ultra-processed foods with a variety non-communicable diseases. Included in this growing body research is evidence linking to mental disorders, aggression, and antisocial behavior. Although idea that dietary patterns various nutrients or additives can influence brain behavior has long history criminology, absence plausible mechanisms convincing intervention trials, topic was mostly excluded from mainstream discourse. The emergence across nutritional neuroscience psychology/psychiatry, combined mechanistic bench science, human provided support epidemiological findings, legitimacy concept criminology. Among emergent research, microbiome sciences illuminated pathways socioeconomic environmental factors, including foods, aggression Here review, we examine burgeoning related food addiction, explore its relevance criminal justice spectrum—from prevention intervention—and courtroom considerations diminished capacity. We use auto-brewery syndrome as an example intersecting diet gut science been used refute mens rea charges. legalome—microbiome omics applied forensic legal psychology—appears set emerge important consideration matters law, justice.

Language: Английский

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Crime and Nourishment: A Narrative Review Examining Ultra-Processed Foods, Brain, and Behavior DOI Creative Commons
Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan, Erica M. LaFata

et al.

Dietetics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(3), P. 318 - 345

Published: Aug. 28, 2024

Recently, there has been increased scientific and clinical interest in the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health, aggression, antisocial behavior. Research spanning epidemiology, mechanistic pre-clinical work, addiction science, microbiome exposome human intervention trials underscored that nutrition is of relevance along criminal justice continuum. As such, emerging dietetics research salient to thousands international psychologists allied health professionals are engaged forensics, prevention, intervention. In addition, relationships between behavior relate “food crime”, an emergent area unifying researchers psychology, public other interdisciplinary sectors. Food crime scrutinizes vast harms, non-communicable diseases adverse behavioral outcomes, as influenced by distribution addictive food products. Here, we examine research, biophysiological mechanisms, evidence indicating dietary patterns/components intersect psychosocial vulnerabilities linked risks involvement. Viewed through a prevention lens, study aggressive should be prioritized, especially if outcomes emerge externalities global consumption food. context behavior, need for forensic examination how industry influence power structures can undermine matters justice.

Language: Английский

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Aggression and Justice Involvement: Does Uric Acid Play a Role? DOI Creative Commons

Alan Logan,

Pragya Mishra

Brain Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 268 - 268

Published: March 2, 2025

The search for biological markers that can be reliably linked to aggression and antisocial behavior has been central the work of criminology. One such marker, uric acid, long suspected play a causative role in promoting anger, irritability, aggression, violence. Here, this perspective article, we revisit some historical interest acid as compound relevant brain behavior, reflect these early accounts off emergent scientific research. Advances sciences, including neuropsychiatry neuromicrobiology, have allowed more sophisticated understanding potential mechanistic pathways linking with cognition behavior. updated science suggests ideas surrounding criminology had credibility. available research strongly biomarker risk, is worthy further close scrutiny. Informed by gut–brain–microbiome research, argue certain aspects early-to-mid-20th-century were prematurely abandoned. From legalome perspective, advances other gut–brain biomarkers aid shaping humane, scientifically grounded policies recognize interplay between biology environment.

Language: Английский

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The Promise of Neurolaw in Global Justice: An Interview with Dr. Pragya Mishra DOI Creative Commons

Alan Logan,

Pragya Mishra

Challenges, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1), P. 15 - 15

Published: March 6, 2025

In an ongoing series of interviews, Challenges Advisory Board member and Nova Institute for Health Fellow Alan C. Logan meets with thought leaders, scientists, scholars, healthcare professionals, artisans, visionaries concerned about health at the scale individuals, communities, planet. Here, Dr. Pragya Mishra responds to a set questions posed by Challenges. Mishra, legal academician one few global scholars PhD specifically in neurolaw, is forefront research examining intersection law brain sciences. As concept developing field, promise neurolaw that it will lead more equitable less punitive justice system, based on objective science rather than prescientific assumptions blameworthiness willpower. reflects promises pitfalls growing challenges free held courts, her work field epitomizes transdisciplinary effort. She discusses place contemplative practices within special emphasis hope rehabilitation. describes through holistic lens, embraces future possibilities shaping evidence-based policy changes. While planetary as broad term, has paid little attention criminal system. Discussions are important ethical frameworks health. Neurolaw, explains, heart many interconnected our time.

Language: Английский

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The Intersection of Ultra-Processed Foods, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and Neurolaw: Implications for Criminal Justice DOI Creative Commons
Susan L. Prescott, Kathleen F. Holton, Christopher A. Lowry

et al.

NeuroSci, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(3), P. 354 - 377

Published: Sept. 23, 2024

Over the last decade there has been increasing interest in links between consumption of ultra-processed foods and various neuropsychiatric disorders, aggression, antisocial behavior. Neurolaw is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to translate rapid voluminous advances brain science into legal decisions policy. An enhanced understanding biophysiological mechanisms by which influence behavior allows for a historical reexamination one forensic neuropsychiatry's most famous cases-

Language: Английский

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The Legalome: Nutritional Psychology and Microbiome Sciences at the Intersection of Criminal Justice, Mens Rea, and Mitigation DOI
Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

Recent studies have linked ultra-processed foods with neuropsychiatric disorders, and behaviors of relevance to the criminal justice system. This nutritional epidemiology has been bolstered by mechanistic bench science, human intervention trials, addiction advances in microbiome research. Here, we examine this burgeoning research through lens diminished capacity intent. We use recent legal decisions related auto-brewery syndrome as a way illustrate how intersecting diet gut science is already finding its courtrooms. The legalome—microbiome omics applied forensic psychology—is emerging an important consideration for experts within field behavior. It our contention that are merely prelude ways which combination microbiology psychology will challenge basic assumptions free mens rea.

Language: Английский

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3
Homicide or Happiness: Did Folate Fortification and Public Health Campaigns Influence Homicide Rates and the Great American Crime Decline? DOI Creative Commons
Stephen J. Schoenthaler, Susan L. Prescott,

Alan Logan

et al.

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 1075 - 1075

Published: April 6, 2024

The last several years have witnessed a remarkable growth in research directed at nutrition and behavior, with increased interest the field of nutritional criminology. It is becoming clear that dietary patterns specific nutrients play an important role cognition including those related to aggression, violence, antisocial activity. Included this expanding knowledge base recognition folate, through multiple pathways, enzymatic reactions gut microbiome ecology, plays critical central nervous system functioning. These mechanistic advances allow for retrospective analysis topic remains unexplained—the sudden unpredicted drop homicide other violent crime rates United States nations 1990s. Here, we revisit marked reduction lens coincident public health campaign (and subsequent mandatory fortification) increase folic acid intake. Based on objectively measured blood folate levels National Health Nutrition Examination Surveys, there little doubt tissue dramatic rise national level from 1988 2000. Drawing accumulated emerging neurobehavioral aspects it our contention relatively massive may contributed reductions States.

Language: Английский

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