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Judges and Judiciary

May 10, 2004

Ignore 'Pop' Psychology But Use Social Science Data

Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - To many lawyers and laypersons the term psychological science probably implies a variant of science, much like Christian Science, or even a refutation of science, as in pseudoscience. It is neither. Scientific psychology is systematized knowledge about human behavior gathered from experimentation, observation and study.

        Forum Column
        
        By Patrick Mattimore
        
        To many lawyers and laypersons the term psychological science probably implies...

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