Bioprediction, Biomarkers, and Bad Behavior: Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Challenges
- ISBN-10
- 0199844186
- ISBN-13
- 9780199844180
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 247
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Ilina Singh
Description
Many decisions in law and elsewhere depend on predictions of crimes and mental illnesses. Can biology make these predictions more accurate? Do we want our government to use biology in this way? These questions and more are discussed in this volume by prominent scientists, ethicists, and legal scholars.
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