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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

11.02.22 | PLOS

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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.
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. 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.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0276237

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

2-Nov-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Imprisonment Neuroscience Psychological Science Punishment Social Research Social Sciences Sociology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0276237
Article Publication Date
2022-11-02
Article Title
The effect of neuroscientific evidence on sentencing depends on how one conceives of reasons for incarceration
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, November 2). 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. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GRK47R8/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-priso.html
MLA:
"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." Brightsurf News, Nov. 2 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GRK47R8/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-priso.html.