The federal courts are seeking ways to increase the ability of judges to deal with difficult issues of scientific expert testimony. The workshop explored the ne

The federal courts are seeking ways to increase the ability of judges to deal with difficult issues of scientific expert testimony. The workshop explored the ne

Communication problems between science and the courts are widely deplored and sometimes exploited by a variety of groups. The U.S. Supreme Court has twice tight

Simply put, the primary role of the expert witness is to make clear and simple a complex technical or scientific issue. In practice, there are negative and posi

For the first time a book documents the judicial system's new dependence on social science testimony, especially that rendered by sociologists and criminologist