Getting Off a Slippery Slope: Social Science in the Judicial Process.

Tanke, Elizabeth Decker; Tanke, Tony J.

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Publication Date: 1979-Dec

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Getting Off a Slippery Slope: Social Science in the Judicial Process.

Tanke, Elizabeth Decker; Tanke, Tony J.

American Psychologist, v34 n12 p1130-38 Dec 1979

Discusses the Ballew v Georgia decision in which the Supreme Court cited social science research in support of its decision that state criminal juries must contain at least six members, and the implications of this for social scientists interested in having their research used by the courts. (Author/JLF)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Information Utilization, Research Utilization, Social Science Research, Supreme Court Litigation

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Language: English

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