Bioprediction, biomarkers, and bad behavior scientific, legal, and ethical challenges

Many decisions in law and elsewhere depend on predictions of crimes and mental illnesses. Can biology make these predictions more accurate? Do we want our government to use biology in this way? These questions and more are discussed in this volume by prominent scientists, ethicists, and legal schola...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2014, 2014
Series:Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy / Oxford series in neuroscience, law, and philosophy
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Many decisions in law and elsewhere depend on predictions of crimes and mental illnesses. Can biology make these predictions more accurate? Do we want our government to use biology in this way? These questions and more are discussed in this volume by prominent scientists, ethicists, and legal scholars
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199369607