Neuroscience And The Law: Chapter Analysis

In “Chapter Three: Neuroscience and the Law” by Michael Gazzaniga and Megan S. Steven they discuss whether a person “knowingly” commits a crime or not, using the help of neuroscience. Using neuroscience in criminal justice helps to understand the relationship between human behavior and the brain. According to Gazzaniga and Steven, this helps to, “understand how deficiencies in the brain impact violent tendencies and assist the court as they attempt to define terms such as “knowingly” and “intent” (pg.14).
In the next chapter, “I11 Winds: The Chemical Plant Next Door” by Becky Bradway she writes about living in Buffalo, Illinois and how the chemical plant “Borden” up the road caused damage to the environment. The main product in Illiopolis was