Could the technology move beyond medical applications and into wide use?
- Academic Fellow, University of Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
The criminal justice system presupposes people generally are free to decide whether or not to engage in criminal behaviour. However, the courts acknowledge not everyone has free will.
When DNA databases and behavioural genetics combine, your family’s genes could play a role in criminal sentencing
We are far from defenseless against the rise of robots, although they’ll take many of our routine jobs. Our special strength is our ability to apply rules that don’t exist.
Some believe neuroscience should change the way we punish criminals, but courts have been slow to embrace new approaches.
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