social implications

• the results of this research may mean that courts can use solely biological evidence against people who are convicted of murder.
• courts - explain

  if the research findings conclude that violent behaviour is innate, and not a learnt behaviour, people with similar brain abnormalities to Raine's participants may be imprisoned without consideration of other factors.
• courts - example

  this would have a detrimental effect on society, because it would mean that successful psychological treatments, such as restorative justice and anger management, would not be used to rehabilitate offenders, they may just receive psychosurgery - because if the cause of their crime is biological, then physical treatments are the only ones that would work.
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  long-term imprisonment with physical therapies for convicted murderers would cost taxpayers a lot of money, as well as reducing these people's chance to reform and be reintroduced into society to contribute to the workforce.
• the results of this research may have an effect on the judicial system
• judicial system - explain

  if the research conducts that murderers are born, not made, it takes away the element of free will. If people are not to blame for their crimes, if it seen as biological, we cannot imprison them.
• judicial system - example

  this would put society at risk, and in fear of murderers being on the loose, instead of being locked away and paying for their crimes.
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  however, Raine did emphasise that his results do not demonstrate that murderers pleading NGRI aren't responsible for their actions. Therefore, as long as his conclusions are acted upon, society should be safe from violent criminals, who cannot use biology as an excuse for their actions.