The double-edged sword: Does biomechanism increase or decrease judges' sentencing of psychopaths?

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6096, 2012, Pages 846-849

  Aspinwall, Lisa G ^a   Brown, Teneille R ^a   Tabery, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEGAL EVIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 84865095010     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219569     Document Type: Article

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