The Emotional Brain and the Guilty Mind: Novel Paradigms of Culpability and Punishment

Author:   Federica Coppola
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781509934294


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
Format:   Hardback
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The Emotional Brain and the Guilty Mind: Novel Paradigms of Culpability and Punishment


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This book seeks to reframe the normative narrative of the ‘culpable person’ in American criminal law through a more humanising lens. It embraces such a reframed narrative to revise the criteria of the current voluntarist architecture of culpability and to advance a paradigm of punishment that positions social rehabilitation as its core principle. The book constructs this narrative by considering behavioural and neuroscientific insights into the functions of emotions, and socio-environmental factors within moral behaviour in social settings. Hence, it suggests culpability notions that reflect a more contextualised view of human conduct, and argues that such revised notions are better suited to the principle of personal guilt. Furthermore, it suggests a model of ‘punishment’ that values the dynamic power of change of individuals, and acknowledges the importance of social relationships and positive environments to foster patterns of social (re)integration. Ultimately, this book argues that the potential adoption of the proposed models of culpability and punishment, which view people through a more comprehensive lens, may be a key factor for turning criminal justice into a less punitive, more inclusionary and non-stigmatising system.

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Author:   Federica Coppola
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781509934294


ISBN 10:   1509934294
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. The Rationalist Soul of Culpability: An Analysis of the Guilty Mind I. Introduction II. The 'Broad' Nature of Culpability III. Autonomy and Rationality: Framing the Model of the 'Person' in Criminal Law IV. The Voluntarist Architecture of Culpability: Choice, Capacity, and Fair Opportunity V. Voluntarism and Legal Doctrine A. Mental Capacity and Excuses: Legal Insanity B. Fair Opportunity and Excuses: Duress VI. Voluntarism, Emotions, and Socio-Environmental Factors A. A Mechanistic Conception of Emotions i. Emotions and the Law of Homicide ii. Emotional Incapacity and Legal Insanity B. The Irrelevance of the Social Environment VII. Emotions and Socio-environmental Factors in Sentencing VIII. Conclusion 2. From the Guilty Mind to the Punished Person: Criminal Culpability through the 'Evolution' of Punishment I. Introduction II. Rational Individualism and the Enlightenment III. Between Libertarian and Scientific Individualism IV. The Rise and Fall of Treatmentist Rehabilitation: From Penal Modernism to the Model Penal Code V. Voluntarism and the Resurgence of Retribution VI. Backlashes A. Harsh Punitiveness B. Social Exclusion and Stigmatisation VII. Conclusion 3. Critiques of the Model of the 'Person' in Culpability and Punishment I. Introduction II. A Th in Account of Human Agency A. A Flawed Conception of Emotions B. The (Political) Exclusion of the Social Context III. A Static View of the Culpable Person IV. Dehumanisation V. Conclusion 4. Emotions, the Social Environment, and the Brain I. Introduction II. The Emotional Brain A. Definition(s) of Emotions B. Modern Theories of Emotions: The Emotion/Cognition Ambiguous Divide C. From Emotion Generation to Emotion Regulation: Insights from Neuroscience D. Emotion and Decision-making III. Emotions, Empathy, and Moral Behaviour A. Social/Moral Emotions B. Empathy C. The Neuromoral Network D. Emotions, Morality, and Self-regulation IV. From the Emotional Brain to the Social Brain: How the Social Environment Becomes Embedded and Informs Social Behaviour V. Emotional Plasticity, Social Connections, and Positive Behavioural Change VI. The Pain of Social Exclusion VII. Conclusion 5. Holistic and Situated Culpability I. Introduction II. Autonomy and Rationality as Multidimensional Concepts: Reframing the 'Person' in Criminal Law III. Holistic and Situated Culpability: Revising the Architecture of the Current Paradigm A. Normative Competence B. Situational Control C. Situational Control and the Role of Context: Situating the Fair Opportunity to do Otherwise IV. Implications for Legal Doctrine A. Legal Insanity i. Moral Capacity Test ii. Control Capacity Test B. Diminished Opportunity, Diminished Culpability: A Re-interpretation of Stephen Morse's Proposed 'Generic Partial Excuse' Doctrine V. Holistic and Situated Culpability, and the Personal Guilt Principle VI. Conclusion 6. Social Rehabilitation I. Introduction II. Dynamic Personhood III. Social Rehabilitation: Theory, Pillars, and Normative Value A. Definition and Distinguishing Features B. Social Rehabilitation, Dynamic Personhood, and Crime Desistance C. Social Rehabilitation, Human Dignity, and the (Neuro)Science of Change D. Social Rehabilitation and Other Justifications for Punishment i. Retribution ii. Incapacitation iii. Special Deterrence E. Social Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice IV. Practical Corollaries A. Humanising Sentencing B. Banning Mandatory Life Sentences C. Transforming Incarceration D. Abolishing (or Profoundly Reforming) Solitary Confinement V. Conclusion

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This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in criminal law and neuroscience. Coppola's agenda for reformulating criminal responsibility and punishment is as compelling as it is controversial. The book is a must read. * Dennis M Patterson, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, USA * With lucid prose and a comprehensive grasp of multiple literatures, Coppola deftly weaves behavioral and neuroscientific insights into longstanding debates about crime and punishment. What emerges is a compelling tapestry of suggested reforms that have the potential to transform notions of culpability, sentencing determinations, and the experience and ramifications of punishment. This powerful and provocative masterwork is a must-read for anyone interested in criminal justice theory or reform. * Lea Johnston, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, USA *


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Federica Coppola is Robert A Burt Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience at the Centre for Science and Society at Columbia University, USA.

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