Includes bibliographical references and index.

Triers of science -- Intellectual due process -- A framework of analysis -- Toxic torts and the causation conundrum -- Criminal identification evidence -- Future dangerousness testimony : the epistemology of prediction -- Barefoot or Daubert? : a cognitive perspective on vetting future -- Dangerousness testimony -- Future dangerousness and sexual offenders -- Models of rationality : evaluating social psychology -- Evaluating battered woman syndrome.

"Scientific evidence is crucial in a burgeoning number of litigated cases, legislative enactments, regulatory decisions, and scholarly arguments. Evaluating Scientific Evidence explores the question of what counts as scientific knowledge, a question that has become a focus of heated courtroom and scholarly debate, not only in the United States, but also in other common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia."--Jacket.