Pamela J. Jenkins, J. S. Kroll-Smith

Witnessing for Sociology (eBook, PDF)

Sociologists in Court

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The American court system is making increasing use of sociologists as expert witnesses. From toxic torts to religious cults and brainwashing, sociological knowledge is becoming increasingly more commonplace in the legal arena. This edited volume is a collection of the experiences of sociologists who have appeared as expert witnesses in a variety of court cases. Many of the cases covered in this book revolve around central issues of murder, self-defense, religious cults, battered women, child pornography, environmentalism, and homelessness. This volume is unique in its breadth of topics and contributions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313021589
• Artikelnr.: 37812955

Autorenporträt

PAMELA J. JENKINS is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Orleans.

STEVE KROLL-SMITH is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Social Science Research Institute at the University of New Orleans.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Marvin E. Wolfgang Old Stories, New Audiences: Sociological
Knowledge in Courts by Steve Kroll-Smith and Pamela J. Jenkins The Numbers
Game "We Don't Deal in Probabilities Here:" Tales of a Quantitative
Sociologist in Court by Joseph E. Jacoby Shadowboxing with Mark Twain: Self
Defense of the Statistical Expert by William E. Feinberg Humanizing the
Defendant Sociology and Capital Murder: A Question of Life or Death by
Craig J. Forsyth When Murder May Be Suicide and "Yes" Means "I Heard You":
The Sociologist as Cultural Interpreter by Patricia G. Steinhoff Contested
Knowledge: Battered Women as Agents and Victims by Pamela J. Jenkins
Sociology, Medicine, and Psychology: Hints of a Paradigm Shift Sociology
and the New Religions: "Brainwashing, the Courts, and Religious Freedom" by
Jim Richardson Sociology, Medicine and Chemical Dependency: Embedding Drugs
and Alcohol in Socio-Cultural Contexts by Barry Kinsey The Sociologist,
Gangs, and Battered Women: Representing the Discipline in the Courts by Lee
Bowker Defining the Limits of Moral Accountability Sociology and Negligent
Security: Premise Liability and Crime Prediction by Lydia Voigt and William
Thornton, Jr. Obscenity and Child Pornography: Sociology in Defense of
Sexually-Oriented Materials by Philip Holley Toxins in the Environment,
Damage to the Community: Sociology and the Toxic Tort by Steve Picou
Housing the Homeless: The Sociologist as Expert and Activist by Hilary
Silver, Steven Fischbach, and Judith Kaye Afterword by Kai Erikson Index