双刃の剣:生物メカニズムは,サイコパスに対する裁判官の判決を増加または減少させるのか?
Lisa G Aspinwall1, Teneille R Brown, James Tabery
1Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
まとめ
サイコパシーの生体力学的原因に関する専門家の証言は,有罪判決を受けた個人の懲役刑を大幅に削減しました. 裁判官は,生物学的証拠を提示されたときに,サイコパシーを重篤な要因と見なす可能性が低い.
科学分野:
- 法医学心理学法医学心理学について
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 法律と犯罪学
背景:
- サイコパシーとは,反社会的行動に関連する人格障害である.
- 法律制度は,生物学的要因が行動に影響を及ぼす場合に,如何に有罪を割り当てるのかと悩んでいます.
- 生物学的説明が司法の意思決定に与える影響を理解することは,法的改革に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 心理病の生体力学的原因に関する専門家の証言が,裁判の判決に影響するかどうかを調査する.
- サイコパシーの生物学的な説明が,刑罰の加重要因と緩和要因の認識を変更するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 全米で実施された実験で,181人の米国州の裁判官が参加した.
- 裁判官は,サイコパシーと診断された被告を含む仮説的な事件を評価した.
- サイコパシーの生体力学的な証拠がある状態とない状態の間で,刑罰の勧告を比較した.
主要な成果:
- サイコパシーの生体力学的原因に関する専門家の証言は,障害の悪化を感知する性質を大幅に軽減しました.
- バイオメカニカルな証拠が提示されたとき,平均の刑期は13.93年から12.83年に減少した.
- 緩和要因を挙げている裁判官の割合は,バイオメカニカル証拠で29.7%から47.8%に増加しました.
結論:
- サイコパシーの生物学的な説明は,法的な判決で刑罰を緩和することができます.
- この研究は,生物学的証拠が裁判官の裁量権に与える影響を強調することによって,有罪の理論に情報を与えます.
- 発見は,行動の生物学的基盤が法的枠組みの中でどのように考慮されているかを再評価する必要性を示唆しています.
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