Generally speaking, junk science refers to research lacking scientific rigor and findings that are often based on spurious correlations. Perhaps one of the more known examples of junk science is phrenology – or the practice of assessing personality from the contours of the skull. Certainly, very few people would now consider phrenology anything but an interesting “bump in the historical road of psychology”. (Pardon the pun.) However, junk science has a way of taking hold in our popular culture – including our systems of justice - and it can be difficult to identify and eliminate. To learn more about junk science and how it intersects with the justice system (e.g., implications related to the Daubert standard), please join us in New York for the NCFJCJ Annual Conference July 24-27, 2011. Dr. Mary Alice Conroy, Professor of Psychology and American Psychological Association representative will present a session on junk science within a legal context.
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