CANADA - NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL SCIENCES AND THE CRIMINAL LAW - PROCEEDINGS - HELD UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, MAY 28-29, 1973

• NCJ Number: 15040
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 169 pages
• Grant Number(s): H.R.D. 21
• Sponsoring Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health
• Corporate Author: University of Toronto
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

PAPERS BY BIOCHEMISTS, PHARMACOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, NEUROLOGISTS, AND PHYSIOLOGISTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING HUMAN AND SPECIFICALLY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, WITH RESPONSES BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL.

Abstract

RECENT MEDICAL RESEARCH RELEVANT TO BODILY AND EMOTIONAL PROCESSES AFFECTING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS DISCUSSED, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE JUDICIARY, PROSECUTORIAL, AND CORRECTIONAL FIELDS COMMENT ON THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE TO THE PHILOSOPHY AND FUNCTIONING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.