Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Elucidating How Potential Jurors Process Complex Neuroscientific Evidence in Criminal Cases
- Janet Brewer
Governors State University
Abstract
We will examine the impact of neuroscientific evidence on mock jurors in fictitious criminal cases. A jury pool from popular survey apps will be asked to adjudge culpability. This study is expected to clarify the likely impact of neuroscientific explanations of deviant behavior on perceptions of responsibility and appropriate punishment.
Criminal Justice