Black robes, white coats : the puzzle of judicial policymaking and scientific evidence /
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 court...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2008.
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Table of 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.