The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-977330-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 540 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

New discoveries from neuroscience and behavioral genetics are besieging criminal law. Novel scientific perspectives on criminal behavior could transform the criminal justice system and yet are being introduced in an ad hoc and often ill-conceived manner. Bringing together experts across multiple disciplines, including geneticists, neuroscientists, philosophers, policymakers, and legal scholars, The Impact of Behavioral Sciences on Criminal
Law is a comprehensive collection of essays that address the emerging science from behavioral genetics and neuroscience and its developing impact on the criminal justice system. The essays survey how the science is and will likely be used in criminal law and the policy and the ethical issues that arise from its use for criminal law and for society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farahany, Nita

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION

PART I: THE SCIENCE OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT
BEHAVIORAL GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR

MISINFORMATION, MISREPRESENTATION, AND MISUSE OF HUMANBEHAVIORAL GENETICS RESEARCH

THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

PART II: CONSIDERING THE BROADER CONTEXT
BEHAVIORAL GENETICS AND CRIME, IN CONTEXT

CONSIDERING CONVERGENCE: A POLICY DIALOGUE ABOUT
BEHAVIORAL GENETICS, NEUROSCIENCE, AND LAW

<"WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN?: BEHAVIORAL GENOMICS, NEUROSCIENCE, CRIMINAL LAW, AND THE SEARCH FOR HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE>"

PART III: REVISITING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
GENETICS, NEUROSCIENCE AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

ADDICTION, SCIENCE AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

PART IV: IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIETY

GENOMICS, BEHAVIOR, AND TESTIMONY AT CRIMINAL TRIALS

BEHAVIORAL GENETICS EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES: 1994-2007

BEHAVIORAL GENETICS RESEARCH AND CRIMINAL DNA DATABASES: LAWS AND POLICIES

GENETIC PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE DANGEROUSNESS: IS THERE A BLUEPRINT FOR VIOLENCE?

THE SCARLET GENE: BEHAVIORAL GENETICS, CRIMINAL LAW, AND
RACIAL AND ETHNIC STIGMA

APPENDIX

APPENDIX TO: BEHAVIORAL GENETICS EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES: 1994-2007

Index