The origins of criminal law

2020/02/24 by Daniel Sznycer, Carlton Patrick · 54 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Criminal law #Criminology #Economic Justice #Epistemology #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Law #Philosophy #Political science #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Retributive justice #Shame #Social psychology #Sociology #Wrongdoing

paper · doi:10.1038/s41562-020-0827-8

published in Nature Human Behaviour 4(5), 506-516 (Nature Portfolio)

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