Black Robes, White Coats : : The Puzzle of Judicial Policymaking and Scientific Evidence /

Black Robes, White Coats : : The Puzzle of Judicial Policymaking and Scientific Evidence / / Rebecca C. Harris.

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Scientific evidence is commonplace in today's criminal trials. From hair and handwriting analysis to ink and DNA fingerprints, scientists have brought their world to bear on the justice system. Combining political analysis, scientific reasoning, and an in-depth study of specific state supreme c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Harris, Rebecca C.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Mystery of the Gatekeepers
  • 2. Clues to Judicial Behavior
  • 3. Forensic DNA: Law Enforcement in the Laboratory
  • 4. Lie Detection: Victim of Law and Politics
  • 5. Syndrome Evidence: Science Isn't Everything
  • 6. Gatekeepers and the Politics of Knowledge
  • 7. New Clues? Gatekeeping and the Twenty-first Century
  • Appendix A. State Supreme Court Cases for Forensic DNA
  • Appendix B. State Supreme Court Decisions for Polygraph Evidence
  • Appendix C. State Supreme Court Decisions for Syndrome Evidence
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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