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90 Calif. L. Rev. 1 (2002)
The Daubert/Kumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion

handle is hein.journals/calr90 and id is 15 raw text is: California Law Review VOL. 90 JANUARY 2002 No. 1 Copyright © 2002 by California Law Review, Inc. The DaubertlKumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion D. Michael Risinger,t Michael J. Saks,j William C. Thompson,tt & Robert Rosenthall TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Requirements of Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael...........3 1. Observer Effects .............................................................................. 6 A. Evolution of the Awareness of Observer Effects ........................6 B. What This Article Is Not About (Honesty and Observer Effects)..........................................................................................10 C. The Psychology of Observer Effects.............................................12 Copyright © 2002 California Law Review, Inc. California Law Review, Inc. (CLR) is a California nonprofit corporation. CLR and the authors are solely responsible for the content of their publications. f Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, B.A., Yale University, 1966, J.D., Harvard University, 1969. $ Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University, B.A., B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1969, M.A., Ohio State University, 1972, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1975, M.S.L., Yale University, 1989. ft Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California at Irvine, J.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1982, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984. $$ Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California at Riverside, and Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Harvard University, Ph.D., U.C.L.A., 1956. 1