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  Family Court ReviewVolume 45 Issue 1, Pages 22 - 41 Published Online: 7 Dec 2006 Copyright 2010 by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts The Journal of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Abstract | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 299K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  ASSESSING AND COMMUNICATING SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION IN FAMILY AND CHILD JUDICIAL SETTINGS: STANDARDS FOR JUDGES AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS *Professor of Sociology, Le Moyne College; B.A., St. Joseph's University, 1972; M.A. and Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1975 and 1978. E-mail: KellyRF@lemoyne.edu **Professor of Law, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meridith Professor for Teaching Excellence, and Board of Advisors Professor, Syracuse University College of Law; B.S., Duke University, 1965; J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; LL.M., University of Michigan, 1982. E-mail: shamsey@law.syr.edu Copyright © 2007 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts KEYWORDS social science • Daubert • scientific method • family & child law • courts ABSTRACTSocial science is increasingly important in judicial decision making and family law development. This increased use means that judges, lawyers, mental health professionals, and social scientists must assess the quality of social science information and communicate it in a multidisciplinary environment. This article provides tools for improving multidisciplinary communication by identifying logical, methodological, and community standards for assessment and communication that are fundamental both to the scientific method and to the inquiries the Daubert decision instructs judges to make in their gatekeeper evaluations of scientific information. Employing a common set of standards can result in a significant improvement in the quality of the social science knowledge used in judicial settings. | 
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