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Here is another typical tragedy. "
The Final Five Percent

If traumatic brain injuries can impact the parts of the brain responsible for personality, judgment, and impulse control, maybe injury should be a mitigating factor in criminal trials — but one neuroscientist discovers that assigning crime a biological basis creates more issues than it solves.
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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Another good reason for changing our justice and incarceration systems.

It's enough to deprive criminals of their freedom; but once incarcerated, the emphasis should be on rehabilitation and redirection of the convicted towards a kinder and more gentle life. Treat people like animals and they will live up to that expectation.

Silverwings · 61-69, F

@Heartlander I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY!!

Mamapolo2016 · F

It may [i]be[/i] a factor - and maybe if it can be medically proven, it should be a mitigating factor - but the question remains, if a person who has the propensity to hurt other people, regardless of the reason, should be out and about.

ClanNaFiacaillApWythe · 51-55, M

@Mamapolo2016 Ok. Well there are many such people. They mostly are men, especially younger men. Read the article and not how much more common traumatic brain injury is in the criminal than in the general population. "Studies estimate that anywhere from 25 percent to 87 percent of incarcerated people report having suffered a TBI at some point in their lives, as compared to 8.5 percent of the general population. Many of them, like Conway, have attention problems, memory problems, and behavioral problems like impulsivity, irritability, and anger that make it difficult for them to follow orders, get along with other prisoners, and then, after release, to keep jobs, homes, families. But my hard-earned knowledge of the brain appeared to be legally useless, Conway’s brain injury legally irrelevant." Thus TBI's are about 3 to 10 times more common in the criminal as opposed to the general population.

Mamapolo2016 · F

I've read a good bit about it - like the connection between participating in violent sports and the resulting head injuries contributing to violent aggressive behavior.

However, while it may not be the offender's fault - it's not their victim's fault, either - so where can that line be drawn?

Or - can they prove whether a person with violent tendencies got the violent tendencies due to head injuries - or got the head injuries due to having violent tendencies?

@ClanNaFiacaillApWythe

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