title: Neuroscience Has the Power to Change the Criminal Justice System.
abstract: As a neuroscientist working in the Department of Justice for the past year, I observed that many of the challenges of crime and justice have solutions rooted in our understanding of neuroscience. However, the neuroscience community seems absent from conversations regarding these solutions.
authors.affiliation: 2015/2016 Science and Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC 20005.
authors.forename: Cara M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Altimus
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D003416:Criminal Law; D057237:Criminals / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D009488:Neurosciences; D057766:Policy; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
keywords: criminal justice; incarceration; science policy