Cognitive and social simulation of criminal behaviour: The intermittent explosive disorder case

Abstract

Criminal behaviour often involves a combination of physical, mental, social and environmental (multi-)agent aspects, such as neurological deviations, hormones, arousal, (non)empathy, targets and social control. This paper contributes a dynamical agent-based approach for analysis and simulation of criminal behaviour, covering the above aspects, illustrated for the case of an Intermittent Explosive Disorder. It involves dynamically generated desires and beliefs in opportunities within the social environment, both based on literature on criminal behaviour.