Social Science in Law, Cases and Materials

John Monahan, University of Virginia School of Law

Christopher Slobogin, Vanderbilt University Law School

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New with this edition are enhanced materials on the usefulness of statistical significance tests, the importance of reference groups, the construction of opinion surveys (including Internet surveys), the proper interpretation of Daubert as applied to social framework evidence (including a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Diaz v. United States), the relevance of empirical information to constitutional analysis, research on the efficacy of the exclusionary rule, research on the deterrent effect of the death penalty and the impact of death-qualification, the science, ethics, and legality of risk assessment (especially at sentencing), the use of algorithms by the police, the criminal law doctrines governing the relevance of social science information, expert evidence on confessions, research on jury instructions and lay decision making, and the selection and qualifications of expert witnesses.

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