Shrinking the footprint of the criminal legal system through policies informed by psychology and neuroscience.

Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Alex Williams, Callie Benson-Williams, Sonia Ruiz, Jordyn R Ricard, Jorge Camacho

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Arielle Baskin-SommersDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, 100 College St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. arielle.baskin-sommers@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6773-0508

Alex WilliamsDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, 100 College St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.

Callie Benson-WilliamsDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, 100 College St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.

Sonia RuizDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, 100 College St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.

Jordyn R RicardDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, 100 College St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5039-0455

Jorge CamachoYale Law School, 127 Wall St, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.

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Abstract

The footprint of the legal system in the United States is expansive. Applying psychological and neuroscience research to understand or predict individual criminal behavior is problematic. Nonetheless, psychology and neuroscience can contribute substantially to the betterment of the criminal legal system and the outcomes it produces. We argue that scientific findings should be applied to the legal system through systemwide policy changes. Specifically, we discuss how science can shape policies around pollution in prisons, the use of solitary confinement, and the law's conceptualization of insanity. Policies informed by psychology and neuroscience have the potential to affect meaningful-and much-needed-legal change.

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PMID39242804

DOI10.1038/s44271-024-00090-9

PMCPMC11332213

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