A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience

Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D., is the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry, & Associate Director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of PennsylvaniaAdina L. Roskies, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth University, and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience

• CONTENTS ; Contributors ; Foreword ; Owen D. Jones ; Preface ; Stephen J. Morse & Adina L. Roskies ; Introduction ; Stephen J. Morse ; 1. Neuroscience Basics ; Annabelle M. Belcher & Adina L. Roskies ; 2. Brain Imaging Techniques ; Adina L. Roskies ; 3. Other Neuroscientific Techniques ; Adina L. Roskies ; 4. Admissibility of Neuroscientific Expert Testimony ; David L. Faigman ; 5. Mind-Reading, Neuroscience, and the Law ; Henry T. (Hank) Greely ; 6. Criminal Responsibility, Criminal Competence, and Prediction of Criminal Behavior ; 7. Adolescent Culpability and Competence: Implications of Neuroscience for Criminal Justice Adjudication ; 7. Adolescent Competence and Culpability: Implications of Neuroscience for Juvenile Justice Administration ; 8. The Relevance of the Neuroscience of Addiction to the Criminal Law ; Douglas Husak & Emily Murphy ; 9. The Future of Law and Neuroscience ; 9. Neuroscience and the Law: Looking Forward ; Glossary ; Index