Reading Between the Bars: Brain Science Suggests New Considerations for the Legal System

Isabella Field

doi:10.6017/eurj.v13i2.9965

Abstract

The following review surveys the current role of intent in determining blameworthiness in the criminal justice system. Through research on empathy, stress and the factors that contribute to antisocial personality disorder, the work aims to communicate the necessity for new technology in this field. In order to improve the accuracy of the criminal justice system in assigning punishment and rehabilitating offenders, there must be consideration for the nature and nurture that contributed to the individual’s decision making, not just the choices they make or the evidence presented against them. philosopher immanuel kant affirms that intention is the true indicator of character, and if the criminal justice system works to employ neurotechnology that is more accurate in determining guilt, society can improve. Crime rates and the number of people in prison will decrease, as preventative measures can be taken once knowledge is spread about the environmental factors that can breed criminals. ignorance of this fundamental aspect of criminology will lead to the promotion of dishonesty in our culture, as well as cyclical crime as offenders may not be receiving the help they need.

Highlights

Brain Science Suggests New Considerations for the Legal System isabella field the following review surveys the current role of intent in determining blameworthiness in the criminal justice system
The burgeoning field of criminology philosophy argues that despite the potentially negative has great potential to significantly improve its accuracy on outcomes of people’s decision-making, society should view assigning blameworthiness in an effort to expand societal that individual neutrally if their intention was inherently thinking that being a “good” human is of value
Personal testimony is currently the primary evidence Test, which uses a polygraph, guilty participants respondpresented in criminal cases to classify intention. ed more confidently if the accuracy of the polygraph was Historically, technological advances have attempted to perceived to be lower

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Introduction

Brain Science Suggests New Considerations for the Legal System isabella field the following review surveys the current role of intent in determining blameworthiness in the criminal justice system. One perspective could defend the individual, questioning how anyone could blame the life choices of someone with a tumor affecting the way their brain functions by enacting in socially inappropriate or law-breaking types of behavior.

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