Comment on Philip Dawid, David Faigman, and Stephen Fienberg, Fitting Science into Legal Contests Assessing Effects of Causes or Causes of Effects  

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Beecher-Monas, Erica

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) vol. 43 no. 03 (Aug. 2014), page 401-405.
Topik: Fitting Science; Legal Contests; Assessing Effects

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: S28 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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In this article, professors Dawid, Faigman, and Fienberg seek to “begin to remedy” (p. 361) the disconnect between science, as it is practiced and understood by scientists, and its legal use in the courtroom. Although purportedly speaking the same language, scientists and jurists often appear to be in dire need of translators. Since expert testimony has become a mainstay of both civil and criminal litigation, this failure to communicate creates conundra in which jurists seek testimony that scientists are in no way prepared to make. Statistics to the rescue! The authors frame the issue as one of perspective: Science infers the effects of causes, while law infers the causes of effects. Perhaps, the authors posit, an understanding of the statistical concepts underlying the notions of cause and effect will help law understand what it can and cannot expect from valid scientific testimony. Too rarely do statisticians weigh in on this debate. This article, therefore, is a welcome foray into the fray about what counts as valid scientific evidence.

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