Featured News & Publications
06/2022
Justice at Any Cost? A Hidden Driver of Mass Incarceration
When consumers are distracted from the costs of our consumption decisions, we consume to no end. And as long as criminal sentencing is paid for with an open tab, the U.S. will continue to drown in punishment. But eventually, we have to pay that tab in one form or another.
06/2021
CA Assembly passes bill to disclose costs of incarceration.
Innovative measure would make California the first state in the nation to formally require consideration of costs in criminal sentencing.
03/2021
Neuro-interventions as Punishment?
By Corey H. Allen, Eddy Nahmias, and Eyal Aharoni
The Neuroethics Blog - Center for Ethics, Neuroethics Program at Emory University
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08/2020
Podcast - "What Psychology and Neuroscience Can Teach us about Criminal Justice in America"
10/2019
05/2019
Should criminal offenders be given choices in punishment? Guest post on Autonomy in Sentencing by Dr. Aharoni on PEA Soup philosophy blog.
04/2019
Read CCC's latest feature on Newsweek: Should brain scans influence how heavily criminals are punished?
A recap of the lab's PLOS One publication titled Reconciling the opposing effects of neurobiological evidence on criminal sentencing judgments.
04/2019
In a new blog on The Conversation, Ph.D. candidate Corey Allen and Dr. Eyal Aharoni, discuss the findings and implications of their recently published study examining the effect of neurobiological evidence on sentencing recommendations.
02/2019
Read Science Trends press release of a recent publication by the CCC Lab regarding the effects of neurobiological information on sentencing decisions.
01/2019
“If we want to improve the criminal justice system... we need to better understand the punishment attitudes of ordinary citizens because our policies should reflect society’s values. "
11/2018
The CCC lab wins Best Student Poster at the annual Society for Judgement and Decision Making conference in New Orleans, titled: Justice at all costs? Transparency about the costs of incarceration decreases lay sentencing recommendations.
10/2018
Find the newest publication of the CCC Lab in Behavioral Sciences and the Law. This publication concerns cost-benefit salience and its impact on punishment recommendations.
08/2018
The CCC lab has been awarded a research grant by the National Science Foundation to investigate how brain function contributes to risk of violent and antisocial behavior in former inmates. The goal of this study is to improve the ability to identify and treat high risk individuals based on their unique risk needs.
11/2017
The Cooperation, Conflict, and Cognition Lab wins Elsevier Poster Prize at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society for presenting their research on the effects of framing on criminal punishment and involuntary commitment.
09/2017
Watch Dr. Aharoni's TEDxABQ presentation regarding the proper use of neuro-prediction in decisions to punish, release, and rehabilitate criminal offenders on the basis of scientific evidence about their individual risk.
05/2017
Outreach Smartphone Monitoring (OSM) named in Harvard's Top 25 innovative programs in American government. OSM elicits target behavior among individuals under community supervision by gamifying the reentry process.
04/2015
Should Our Brains Count as Courtroom Evidence? Vice Magazine describes the state of neuroprediction research and it's implications for the criminal justice system.
03/2015
Presidential Commission on Bioethical Issues publishes Gray Matters volume on NeuroLaw, it's scientific developments, limitations, and policy implications.
09/20140
MacArthur Foundation's network on law and neuroscience cites neuroprediction research by Aharoni et al. in invited commentary to the President's Commission for the study of bioethical issues.
04/2014
Social Neuroscience journal publishes research article on Predictive Accuracy in the Neuroprediction of Rearrest by Aharoni, E., Mallett, J., Vincent, G. M., Harenski, C. L., Calhoun, V. D., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Gazzaniga, M. S., & Kiehl, K. A. (2014).
04/2014
Journal of Science & Law (JSciLaw) is an interdisciplinary publication that provides a forum for scholarship at the intersection of scientific research and legal policy. JSciLaw aims to unite disciplines and to encourage collaboration between scientific researchers, legal scholars, and policymakers. Reflecting its interdisciplinary nature, the JSciLaw editorial board includes scholars from the fields of neuroscience, law, criminology, statistics, and policy. (See Editorial Board.)
10/2017
Too Far or Not Far Enough: The Ethics and Future of Neuroscience and Law
By Jonah Queen.
The Neuroethics Blog - Center for Ethics, Neuroethics Program at Emory University
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