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Resources

If you’re interested in strategies and suggestions for incorporating social science into criminal defense practice, we recommend:

Incorporating Social Science into Criminal Defense Practice, Eve Brensike Primus, 2020.

Social Science Introduction and Checklist, the Public Defender Training Institute, 2023.
Using Social Science on Appeal (or How to Bring the Court Back to Reality), Joseph Doyle and Anna Stuart, Sixth District Appellate Program, 2021.

Websites that gather social science studies and statistics relevant to the practice of criminal defense: