Assisting the jury in understanding victimization: expert psychological testimony on battered woman syndrome and rape trauma syndrome
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Courts are attempting to find a balance in considering expert psychological evidence between the concerns of feminist commentators that rape law is adjudicated according to male standards and general public concerns about the appropriateness of expert psychological testimony in court. Much controversy over expert evidence has occurred with the insanity defense. The rules for considering scientific evidence stated in United States v Downing are generally applicable, including the reliability of the process used to generate the evidence and the possibility that it could mislead the jury.
Publication Name: Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0010-1923
Year: 1992
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The Swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case study in relative risk and specific causation
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Research presented concerns epidemiological methods to prove causation or identify exposures that raise the risk of a certain disease. A case study involving the relationship between the swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome is studied, focusing on the legal determination and interpretation of specific causation.
Publication Name: Evaluation Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0193-841X
Year: 1999
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Understanding the dimensions of socioeconomic status that influence toddlers' health: unique impact of lack of money for basic needs in Quebec's birth cohort
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Publication Name: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0143-005X
Year: 2005
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