Title Black robes, white coats : the puzzle of judicial policymaking and scientific evidence / Rebecca C. Harris

Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008] ©2008

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Description viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index Subject Admissible evidence -- United States. Evidence, Expert -- United States. Judicial discretion -- United States. State courts -- United States. LC no. 2008000900 ISBN 0813543681 (hardcover : alk. paper) 081354369X (paperback: alk. paper) 9780813543680 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813543697 (paperback: alk. paper)

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