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Proving the unprovable : the role of law, science, and speculation in adjudicating culpability and dangerousness / Christopher Slobogin.

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The author proposes a number of ways the courts can ensure that experts provide the best possible information about ultimately unknowable past mental states and future behavior, arguing that a rigorous demonstration of scientific validity from expert witnesses may often be unfair and can diminish th...

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Main Author: Slobogin, Christopher, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:American Psychology-Law Society series.
Subjects:
Evidence, Expert > United States.
Criminal liability > United States > Psychological aspects.
Criminal liability > Social aspects > United States.
Violent offenders > United States.
Criminal psychology > United States.
Forensic psychology > United States.
Forensic sociology > United States.
Criminal liability > Psychological aspects.
Criminal liability > Social aspects.
Criminal psychology.
Evidence, Expert.
Forensic psychology.
Forensic sociology.
Violent offenders.
United States.

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