Treatment for crime : philosophical essays on neurointerventions in criminal justice /
Treatment for crime : philosophical essays on neurointerventions in criminal justice /
edited by David Birks, Thomas Douglas.
- First edition.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (viii, 372 pages)
- Engaging philosophy .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Biological interventions for crime prevention / Crime-preventing neurointerventions and the law : learning from anti-libidinal interventions / The importance of context in thinking about crime-preventing neurointerventions / Coercion and the neurocorrective offer / Moral liability to 'crime-preventing neurointervention' / Neurointerventions, self-ownership, and enforcement rights / The self-ownership trilemma, extended minds, and neurointerventions / Moral paternalism and neurointerventions / Neuroscientific treatment of criminals and penal theory / Chemical castration and the violation of sexual rights / Neural and environmental modulation of motivation : what's the moral difference? / Containing violence and controlling desire / Neurointerventions, morality, and children / Intrusive intervention and opacity respect / Those who forget the past : an ethical challenge from the history of treating deviance / 'The soul is the prison of the body' : mandatory moral enhancement, punishment, and rights against neurorehabilitation / Against the mandatory use of neurointerventions in criminal sentencing / Should coercive neurointerventions target the victims of wrongdoing? / Can neurointerventions communicate censure? (and so what if they can't?) / Christopher Chew, Thomas Douglas, and Nadira S. Faber -- Lisa Forsberg -- Matt Matravers -- Jonathan Pugh -- Jeff McMahan -- Peter Vallentyne -- Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- Emma Bullock -- Jesper Ryberg -- Hallie Liberto -- Thomas Douglas -- John McMillan -- Matthew Clayton and Andres Moles -- Christopher Bennett -- Emily McTernan -- Jan Christoph Bublitz -- Elizabeth Shaw -- Zofia Stemplowska -- David Birks.
Traditional means of crime prevention, such as incarceration and psychological rehabilitation, are frequently ineffective. This collection considers how crime preventing neurointerventions (CPNs) could present a more humane alternative but, on the other hand, how neuroscientific developments and interventions may threaten fundamental human values. Preventing recidivism is one of the aims of criminal justice, yet existing means of pursuing this aim are often poorly effective, highly restrictive of basic freedoms, and significantly harmful. Incarceration, for example, tends to be disruptive of personal relationships and careers, detrimental to physical and mental health, restrictive of freedom of movement, and rarely more than modestly effective at preventing recidivism. Crime-preventing neurointerventions(CPNs) are increasingly being advocated, and there is a growing use of testosterone-lowering agents to prevent recidivism in sexual offenders, and strong political and scientific interest in developing pharmaceutical treatments for psychopathy and anti-social behaviour. Future neuroscientific advancescould yield further CPNs; we could ultimately have at our disposal a range of drugs capable of suppressing violent aggression and it is not difficult to imagine possible applications of such drugs in crime prevention. Neurointerventions hold out the promise of preventing recidivism in ways that are both more effective, and more humane. But should neurointerventions be used in crime prevention? And may the state ever permissibly impose CPNs as part of the criminal justice process, either unconditionally, or as a condition of parole or early release? The use of CPNs raises several ethical concerns, as they could be highly intrusive and may threaten fundamental human values, such as bodily integrityand freedom of thought. In the first book-length treatment of this topic, Treatment for Crime, brings together original contributions from internationally renowned moral and political philosophers to address these questions and consider the possible issues, recognizing how humanity has a track record ofmisguided, harmful and unwarrantedly coercive use of neurotechnological 'solutions' to criminality.
9780191818530 9780191076268
Recidivism--Prevention.
Crime prevention.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Law--Psychological aspects.
Criminal psychology.
Central nervous system.
Brain--Physiology.
Mental health.
Recidivism--prevention & control
Crime--prevention & control
Mental Health
Electronic Books.
HV6049 / .T743 2018 HV6080
Includes bibliographies and index.
Biological interventions for crime prevention / Crime-preventing neurointerventions and the law : learning from anti-libidinal interventions / The importance of context in thinking about crime-preventing neurointerventions / Coercion and the neurocorrective offer / Moral liability to 'crime-preventing neurointervention' / Neurointerventions, self-ownership, and enforcement rights / The self-ownership trilemma, extended minds, and neurointerventions / Moral paternalism and neurointerventions / Neuroscientific treatment of criminals and penal theory / Chemical castration and the violation of sexual rights / Neural and environmental modulation of motivation : what's the moral difference? / Containing violence and controlling desire / Neurointerventions, morality, and children / Intrusive intervention and opacity respect / Those who forget the past : an ethical challenge from the history of treating deviance / 'The soul is the prison of the body' : mandatory moral enhancement, punishment, and rights against neurorehabilitation / Against the mandatory use of neurointerventions in criminal sentencing / Should coercive neurointerventions target the victims of wrongdoing? / Can neurointerventions communicate censure? (and so what if they can't?) / Christopher Chew, Thomas Douglas, and Nadira S. Faber -- Lisa Forsberg -- Matt Matravers -- Jonathan Pugh -- Jeff McMahan -- Peter Vallentyne -- Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- Emma Bullock -- Jesper Ryberg -- Hallie Liberto -- Thomas Douglas -- John McMillan -- Matthew Clayton and Andres Moles -- Christopher Bennett -- Emily McTernan -- Jan Christoph Bublitz -- Elizabeth Shaw -- Zofia Stemplowska -- David Birks.
Traditional means of crime prevention, such as incarceration and psychological rehabilitation, are frequently ineffective. This collection considers how crime preventing neurointerventions (CPNs) could present a more humane alternative but, on the other hand, how neuroscientific developments and interventions may threaten fundamental human values. Preventing recidivism is one of the aims of criminal justice, yet existing means of pursuing this aim are often poorly effective, highly restrictive of basic freedoms, and significantly harmful. Incarceration, for example, tends to be disruptive of personal relationships and careers, detrimental to physical and mental health, restrictive of freedom of movement, and rarely more than modestly effective at preventing recidivism. Crime-preventing neurointerventions(CPNs) are increasingly being advocated, and there is a growing use of testosterone-lowering agents to prevent recidivism in sexual offenders, and strong political and scientific interest in developing pharmaceutical treatments for psychopathy and anti-social behaviour. Future neuroscientific advancescould yield further CPNs; we could ultimately have at our disposal a range of drugs capable of suppressing violent aggression and it is not difficult to imagine possible applications of such drugs in crime prevention. Neurointerventions hold out the promise of preventing recidivism in ways that are both more effective, and more humane. But should neurointerventions be used in crime prevention? And may the state ever permissibly impose CPNs as part of the criminal justice process, either unconditionally, or as a condition of parole or early release? The use of CPNs raises several ethical concerns, as they could be highly intrusive and may threaten fundamental human values, such as bodily integrityand freedom of thought. In the first book-length treatment of this topic, Treatment for Crime, brings together original contributions from internationally renowned moral and political philosophers to address these questions and consider the possible issues, recognizing how humanity has a track record ofmisguided, harmful and unwarrantedly coercive use of neurotechnological 'solutions' to criminality.
9780191818530 9780191076268
Recidivism--Prevention.
Crime prevention.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Law--Psychological aspects.
Criminal psychology.
Central nervous system.
Brain--Physiology.
Mental health.
Recidivism--prevention & control
Crime--prevention & control
Mental Health
Electronic Books.
HV6049 / .T743 2018 HV6080