Scientific Disciplines and the Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Courts
The authors examine how people interpret expert claims when they do not share experts’ technical understanding. The authors review sociological research on the cultural boundaries of science and expertise, which suggests that scientific disciplines are heuristics nonspecialists use to evaluate exper...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2022-06-01
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Series: | Socius |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221108044 |