International Perspectives of Neuroscience in the Youth Justice - Courtroo

This collection presents international viewpoints on interdisciplinary problems that fall under the new and emerging field of neurojustice. The chapters critically explore a wide range of legal problems in youth justice for children and young persons through a neuroscientific lens.

Sommario

List of contributors; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Children's Rights and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child: Relevancy of Neuroscience in UK Youth Justice; 2. Outlining the relationship between the English youth justice system and the developmental neurobiology of the human brain; 3. 'Seen and Not Heard': In Defence of Children, Neuroscience and Effective Participation at Trial; 4. Promising steps in Aotearoa New Zealand criminal law to recognise neurodiversity; 5. A Development-Informed Concept of Adolescent Mens Rea; 6. Neuroscience-informed Sentencing of Children in England and Wales; 7. Reimagining Youth Justice - the Irish Experience of Sentencing Young Offenders; 8. Examining the role of neuroscience in youth sentencing in U.S. states and territories

Info autore

Hannah Wishart is a lecturer in law and Programme Leader of the LLB at the University of Sunderland. She is an associate member of the Alliance for Youth Justice and a committee member of the Committee for International Neuroethics Society.
Ray Arthur is Professor of Law at Northumbria University and specialises in researching children's right to self-determination in justice settings and developing a broader understanding of the experiences of troubled and vulnerable young people.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hannah Arthur Wishart
• Con la collaborazione di: Ray Arthur (Editore), Hannah Wishart (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032571133
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257113-3
• Pagine: 158
• Serie: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Courts, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, Criminal or forensic psychology, comparative law, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Medical & healthcare law, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Medical and healthcare law, Criminology: legal aspects, Juvenile Criminal Law