Evaluating scientific evidence : an interdisciplinary framework for intellectual due process / Erica Beecher-Monas.

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Evidence, Expert -- United States.

Forensic sciences -- United States.

Evidence, Expert.

Forensic sciences.

1. Triers of science --2. What is intellectual due process? --3. A framework of analysis --4. Toxic torts and the causation conundrum --5. Criminal identification evidence --6. Future dangerousness testimony: the epistemology of prediction --7. Barefoot or Daubert? A cognitive perspective on vetting future dangerousness testimony --8. Future dangerousness and sexual offenders --9. Models of rationality: evaluating social psychology --10. Evaluating battered woman syndrome.

Scientific evidence is crucial in a burgeoning number of litigated cases, legislative enactments, regulatory decisions, and scholarly arguments. Evaluating Scientific Evidence explores the question of what counts as scientific knowledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521676557

xi, 254 p.