Science and society: Neuroscience and legal determination of criminal responsibility

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-318

  Eastman, Nigel ^a   Campbell, Colin ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DETENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SCIENCE; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; GENETICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NEUROSCIENCES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33645282777     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1887     Document Type: Review

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