APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

We the Jury Find the Defendant Guilty Due to Our Misconceptions about Brain Injuries

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

Session: Poster Session IX

Authors

Abstract

Type of brain injury and behavioral consistency influence jury decision-making. Crimes committed by the defendant with low behavioral consistency (LBC) before the organic TBI was morally justifiable than the defendant with LBC before the self-induced TBI. Misconceptions about brain injuries predict a guilty verdict.

Forensic/Criminal Justice