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Law and Neuroscience: The Impact of Brain Research on Criminal Justice

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Neuroscience research is having an impact on the legal system, especially criminal justice. We will very briefly describe why this occurs and the contemporary tendencies that may be arising.

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Perez Velazquez, J.L., Nenadovic, V. (2021). Law and Neuroscience: The Impact of Brain Research on Criminal Justice. In: Being and becoming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78264-1_17

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