Neuroscientific evidence induces study participants to recommend longer

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

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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.

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