Neuroscience Has the Power to Change the Criminal Justice System.

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2015/2016 Science and Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC 20005.

Published: October 2017


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As a neuroscientist working in the Department of Justice for the past year, I observed that many of the challenges of crime and justice have solutions rooted in our understanding of neuroscience. However, the neuroscience community seems absent from conversations regarding these solutions.

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