Neuroscience and behavioral genetics in US criminal law: an empirical analysis

The goal of this study was to examine the growing use of neurological and behavioral genetic evidence by criminal defendants in US criminal law. Judicial opinions issued between 2005–12 that discussed the use of neuroscience or behavioral genetics by criminal defendants were identified, coded and an...

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Autor principal: Farahany, Nita A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27774210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsv059
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description The goal of this study was to examine the growing use of neurological and behavioral genetic evidence by criminal defendants in US criminal law. Judicial opinions issued between 2005–12 that discussed the use of neuroscience or behavioral genetics by criminal defendants were identified, coded and analysed. Criminal defendants are increasingly introducing such evidence to challenge defendants’ competency, the effectiveness of defense counsel at trial, and to mitigate punishment.
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spelling pubmed-50343872016-10-21 Neuroscience and behavioral genetics in US criminal law: an empirical analysis Farahany, Nita A. J Law Biosci Original Article The goal of this study was to examine the growing use of neurological and behavioral genetic evidence by criminal defendants in US criminal law. Judicial opinions issued between 2005–12 that discussed the use of neuroscience or behavioral genetics by criminal defendants were identified, coded and analysed. Criminal defendants are increasingly introducing such evidence to challenge defendants’ competency, the effectiveness of defense counsel at trial, and to mitigate punishment. Oxford University Press 2016-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5034387/ /pubmed/27774210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsv059 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Duke University School of Law, Harvard Law School, Oxford University Press, and Stanford Law School. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_full_unstemmed Neuroscience and behavioral genetics in US criminal law: an empirical analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27774210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsv059
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