Neuroscience, Criminal Sentencing, and Human Rights
William & Mary Law Review
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Dr
Elizabeth
Shaw
PhD, LLM (dist.), LLB (hons)
Senior Lecturer
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Biography
Elizabeth Shaw joined the law school at Aberdeen University as a lecturer in September 2012. She received her LLM by research (on the topic of the criminal responsibility of psychopaths) and LLB from Aberdeen University. She undertook her PhD at Edinburgh University on the implications of free will scepticism for the criminal justice system and successfully defended her thesis in November 2013. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, involving criminal law, philosophy and neuroscience.
- Research
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Research Overview
- moral enhancement
- criminal responsibility
- free will
- theories of punishment
- criminal law
- moral uncertainty
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Criminal Law Honours (co-ordinator)
Criminal Law LLM (co-ordinator)
Criminology Honours (co-ordinator)
Criminological Theories LLM (co-ordinator)
English Criminal Law Ordinary (co-ordinator)
Core Skills for Research Students (temporary, joint co-ordinator)
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Publications
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The Epistemic Argument Against Retributivism
Journal of Legal Philosophy
Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
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Neurodoping in Chess to Enhance Mental Stamina
Neuroethics
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-020-09456-2
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Should prisoners’ participation in neuroscientific research be considered when making decisions about early release?
Medical Research Ethics. Weisstub, D., Zima, T. (eds.). Springer
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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Introduction
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment. Focquaert, F., Shaw, E., Waller, B. N. (eds.). 1st edition. Routledge, 2 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment
Routledge, New York. 428 pages
Books and Reports: Books
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Justice Without Retribution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Stakeholder Views and Practical Implications
Neuroethics, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-3
Contributions to Journals: Editorials
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- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-019-09413-8
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Determinism, Moral Responsibility and Retribution
Neuroethics, vol. 13, pp. 99-113
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-019-09403-w
- Open Access
- http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13929/1/Unmarked_RevisedShawBlakeyNeuroethics_20paper_1_1_.pdf
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Introduction: The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts
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- https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429507212-1
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Counterproductive criminal rehabilitation: Dealing with the double-edged sword of moral bioenhancement via cognitive enhancement
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, vol. 65, 101378
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.07.006
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- http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13841/1/Counterproductive_criminal_rehabilitation.pdf
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