Paedophilia, Invasive Brain Surgery, and Punishment
2015
A possible relationship between brain tumours and acquired
behavioural changes, including criminal conduct,
has been and is still the focus of a multidisciplinary
debate (Gilbert and Focquaert 2015). A significant number
of clinical cases demonstrating behavioural changes
and cognitive impairment due to brain lesions have been
reported in the medical literature for many decades
(Vidor 1951; Lishman 1968). A previous study we
conducted on eighty-six patients suffering from brain
lesions, revealing that 38 per cent developed disruptive
personality and behavioural changes (including hypersexuality
and aggressiveness), aligns with these clinical
reports (Vranic and Gilbert 2014). However, even if a
correlation between acquired behavioural changes and
brain tumours seems to be a plausible medical hypothesis,
its exact legal and ethical interpretation is not.
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