Friday, March 29, 2013

Brain Scans To Predict Recidivism In Criminals

Trigger For This Blog

Today, I read a science news article titled “Brain Scans Might Predict Future Criminal Behavior”. I have previously written a blog post on mind reading capabilities.

The Future Is Near

According to this article, scientists were able to predict the propensity of criminals to “reoffend”. “The study demonstrated that inmates with relatively low anterior cingulate activity were twice as likely to reoffend than inmates with high-brain activity in this region.”

Hence, in the near future, we might be able to tell which criminal can or cannot be released earlier at a significant reduced risk of recidivism? What about sexual offenders?

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