Black robes, white coats : the puzzle of judicial policymaking and scientific evidence

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Rebecca C. Harris.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
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1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations

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Author/Creator
Harris, Rebecca C., 1972-

Contents/Summary

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
Contents
  • The mystery of the gatekeepers
  • Clues to judicial behavior
  • Forensic DNA : law enforcement in the laboratory
  • Lie detection : victim of law and politics
  • Syndrome evidence: science isn't everything
  • Gatekeepers and the politics of knowledge
  • New clues? gatekeeping and the 21st century.
Summary
Combining political analysis, scientific reasoning, and an indepth study of specific state supreme court cases, ""Black Robes, White Coats"" is an interdisciplinary examination of the tradition of 'gatekeeping, ' the practice of deciding the admissibility of novel scientific evidence. Rebecca Harris systematically examines judicial policymaking in three areas - forensic DNA, polygraphs, and psychological syndrome evidence.
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2008
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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ISBN
9780813545646 (electronic bk.)
0813545641 (electronic bk.)
1281801739
9781281801739
0813543681
081354369X
9780813543680
9780813543697
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