A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience: A Contribution of the Law and Neuroscience Project, Supported by the MacArthur Foundation
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from the Introduction) As a result, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation decided to support a three-year multidisciplinary
initiative, The Law and Neuroscience Project, that created teams (termed
"research networks") of lawyers, neuroscientists and philosophers to
explore the appropriate conceptual relation of neuroscience and law and
to engage in empirical investigations that would demonstrate the
specific relevance of neuroscience to law. Although there was a
substantial range of opinion among Project participants about the
potential relevance of neuroscience to criminal law, it became apparent
that a basic primer or handbook that set forth a statement of the
relation as the authors understand it at present would be enormously
helpful to practicing lawyers, judges, and legal policy makers as they
increasingly were confronted with claims based on neuroscience
information. The goal is to provide accurate information and to clarify
the basic questions that will inevitable arise so that the criminal law
can avoid confusion and mistakes based on inadequate understanding.
