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Author Slobogin, Christopher, 1951-

Title Proving the unprovable [electronic resource] : the role of law, science, and speculation in adjudicating culpability and dangerousness / Christopher Slobogin.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description 193 p.
Series American Psychology-Law Society series
American Psychology-Law Society series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The need for nuance -- Diagnoses, syndromes, and criminal responsibility -- The case for informed speculation -- Redefining probative value -- Beyond relevance -- The current state of the science and the law -- Are there "experts" on dangerousness? -- The structure of expertise in criminal cases.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195189957 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195189957 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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