Evaluating scientific evidence :an interdisciplinary framework for intellectual due process
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Cambridge ; New York
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Cambridge University Press
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2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 254 p.
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The law in context series
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Erica Beecher-Monas
CONTENTS NOTE
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Triers of science -- Intellectual due process -- A framework of analysis -- Toxic torts and the causation conundrum -- Criminal identification evidence -- Future dangerousness testimony : the epistemology of prediction -- Barefoot or Daubert? : a cognitive perspective on vetting future -- Dangerousness testimony -- Future dangerousness and sexual offenders -- Models of rationality : evaluating social psychology -- Evaluating battered woman syndrome