Journal article
Neuroscientific, Neuropsychological, and Psychological Evidence Comparably Impact Legal Decision Making: Implications for Experts and Legal Practitioners
Journal of forensic psychology research and practice, v 18(2)
01 Jan 2018
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Abstract
Neuroscientific evidence is assuming an increasingly prominent role in criminal law, where it has considerable potential for affecting legal decision making. Our understanding of this effect is currently limited. Research initially suggested a significant impact of neuroscience on lay and legal decision making, but subsequent investigations have failed to replicate or extend these findings. The current study investigated the impact of several types of evidence in a novel criminal-sentencing paradigm that surveyed community participants (N = 896) using Amazon Mechanical Turk. No significant differences among neuroscientific, neuropsychological, and psychological evidence conditions-with or without images-were observed on mock jurors' impressions of the evidence, sentencing decisions, or opinions of violence risk, recidivism, or culpability. These results suggest that our current understanding of the differential impact of neuroscientific and neuroimaging evidence on legal decision making may be oversimplified. An accurate understanding of this effect is imperative for researchers, practitioners, and legal professionals working with neuroscientific evidence as its prevalence continues to grow in legal decision making.
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- Title
- Neuroscientific, Neuropsychological, and Psychological Evidence Comparably Impact Legal Decision Making: Implications for Experts and Legal Practitioners
- Creators
- Casey LaDuke - Drexel UniversityBenjamin Locklair - Drexel UniversityKirk Heilbrun - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of forensic psychology research and practice, v 18(2)
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 29
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000452642400002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85060145964
- Other Identifier
- 991019168260404721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Criminology & Penology
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary