Neuroscientific evidence induces study participants to recommend longer sentences for convicted criminals if they think prison is for rehabilitation or public protection, but shorter sentences if prison is considered punishment

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IMAGE: THE STUDY FOUND THAT NEUROSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE DOES NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO MITIGATED OR AGGRAVATED SENTENCES, BUT RATHER THAT IT INTERACTS WITH SOCIETY’S REASONS FOR INCARCERATION. view more 

CREDIT: EMILIANO BAR, UNSPLASH, CC0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/PUBLICDOMAIN/ZERO/1.0/)

Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276237

Article Title: The effect of neuroscientific evidence on sentencing depends on how one conceives of reasons for incarceration

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

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JOURNAL

PLoS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0276237 

ARTICLE TITLE

The effect of neuroscientific evidence on sentencing depends on how one conceives of reasons for incarceration

ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE

2-Nov-2022

COI STATEMENT

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.