Neuroscience Has the Power to Change the Criminal Justice System

eNeuro. 2017 Jan 27;3(6):ENEURO.0362-16.2016. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0362-16.2016. eCollection 2016 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

As a neuroscientist working in the Department of Justice for the past year, I observed that many of the challenges of crime and justice have solutions rooted in our understanding of neuroscience. However, the neuroscience community seems absent from conversations regarding these solutions.

Keywords: criminal justice; incarceration; science policy.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Criminal Law*
  • Criminals / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / physiopathology
  • Neurosciences*
  • Policy*
  • United States
  • Violence / legislation & jurisprudence