Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Psychology and the Legal Process

Tonight on BBC Radio 4: All in the Mind
21.00 'Live' or should be available on the iPlayer.

Claudia Hammond explores the implications from the latest developments in neuroscience of the legal process and asks what kinds of new brain based information might be submissive as evidence in court? Claudia will explore the ethical issues raised by the possibility of predicting criminal activity and asks what our rapidly increased understanding of how the brain works for how we understand decision-making, free will, and systems for punishment.

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