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Incorporating Scientific Reasoning and Data

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Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Law & Psychology ((PILP,volume 12))

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  1. Melton et al. (1997) make precisely this observation, noting that some courts would apply Frye to the physical sciences but not the behavioral sciences, and others apparently conclude that if a technique, procedure, or diagnosis is sufficiently well accepted to be a part of clinical practice, that it is sufficiently well accepted to satisfy Frye.

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(2002). Incorporating Scientific Reasoning and Data. In: Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment. Perspectives in Law & Psychology, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47382-8_8

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