Stephen J. Morse and Adina L. Roskies (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199859177
- eISBN:
- 9780199332694
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199859177.001.0001
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience
This reference volume is the first devoted to comprehensively providing criminal lawyers and judges with the current, basic neuroscientific and legal knowledge they will need to evaluate arguments ...
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This reference volume is the first devoted to comprehensively providing criminal lawyers and judges with the current, basic neuroscientific and legal knowledge they will need to evaluate arguments that are based on neuroscientific evidence. Each chapter is written by noted experts. A general introduction first provides a framework for thinking about the relation of neuroscience to the criminal law. Three chapters address basics of the brain and nervous system and the investigative techniques neuroscientists use to study the brain and its relation to behavior, with one chapter devoted to neuroimaging. The legal chapters begin with a survey of the scientific evidence questions that the admissibility of neuroscience evidence will present. Other legal chapters address “mind-reading,” that is the ability of neuroscience to detect lying or the content of thoughts, criminal responsibility, competence and prediction, juvenile delinquency, and addiction. Each addresses in detail the relevance of neuroscience to the applicable doctrines and assesses what is known at present. All sections of the book may be consulted independently by readers seeking specific information about a discrete topic. A final chapter speculates modestly about how possible future advances in neuroscientific knowledge may shape legal practice and doctrine more generally.Less
This reference volume is the first devoted to comprehensively providing criminal lawyers and judges with the current, basic neuroscientific and legal knowledge they will need to evaluate arguments that are based on neuroscientific evidence. Each chapter is written by noted experts. A general introduction first provides a framework for thinking about the relation of neuroscience to the criminal law. Three chapters address basics of the brain and nervous system and the investigative techniques neuroscientists use to study the brain and its relation to behavior, with one chapter devoted to neuroimaging. The legal chapters begin with a survey of the scientific evidence questions that the admissibility of neuroscience evidence will present. Other legal chapters address “mind-reading,” that is the ability of neuroscience to detect lying or the content of thoughts, criminal responsibility, competence and prediction, juvenile delinquency, and addiction. Each addresses in detail the relevance of neuroscience to the applicable doctrines and assesses what is known at present. All sections of the book may be consulted independently by readers seeking specific information about a discrete topic. A final chapter speculates modestly about how possible future advances in neuroscientific knowledge may shape legal practice and doctrine more generally.
