Black robes, white coats
Subtitle: the puzzle of judicial policymaking and scientific evidence
By: Rebecca C. Harris.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780813543680; 9780813543697
Subjects: Evidence, Expert -- United States; Admissible evidence -- United States; State courts -- United States; Judicial discretion -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mystery of the gatekeepers; title: Clues to judicial behavior; title: Forensic DNA : law enforcement in the laboratory; title: Lie detection : victim of law and politics; title: Syndrome evidence: science isn't everything; title: Gatekeepers and the politics of knowledge; title: New clues? gatekeeping and the 21st century.