Tag: legal psychology
BPS Hosts âBeyond Psychiatric Diagnosisâ Legal Event
The British Psychological Society (BPS) is hosting a free event aimed at the legal community and politicians on the controversy around the use of...
From Phrenology to Brain Scans: How Shaky Neuroscience has Influenced Courts
In âWhen Phrenology Was Used in Court,â Geoffrey S. Holtzman writes for Slate about the spurious use of brain science in legal cases. In the 1800âs the âscience of phrenologyâ promised to reveal criminal psychological traits by measuring the skull and today defense teams still employ neurogenetic explanations for their clientâs violent behavior.