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

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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Expert Testimony > legislation & jurisprudence
Forensic Psychiatry > legislation & jurisprudence
Dangerous Behavior
United States
Expertises > États-Unis.
Criminels violents > États-Unis.
Psychologie légale > États-Unis.
Sociologie légale > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Criminal liability > Psychological aspects
Criminal liability > Social aspects
Criminal psychology
Evidence, Expert
Forensic psychology
Forensic sociology
Violent offenders
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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?
  • Conclusions: the structure of expertise in criminal cases.