Sentences with phrase «inappropriate use of this evidence»

Given that sexual history evidence is one of the primary sites for the operation of rape myths, as recognized in Seaboyer (and as illustrated in Wagar), one would have thought that a more fulsome caution about inappropriate use of this evidence was warranted, in addition to cautions about the application of myths and stereotypes more broadly.

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«The ACMD considers that the evidence of harms associated with the use of khat is insufficient to justify control and it would be inappropriate and disproportionate to classify khat.»

The goal of all of these efforts is to improve the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system — not only by distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate uses of neuroscientific evidence, but also by using neuroscientific techniques to enrich understanding of the decisions and behavior of defendants, judges and jurors.

Although he fails to provide any evidence that the inappropriate use of restraint and seclusion practices are more prevalent in charters than traditional schools, he cites the allegations made in two lawsuits filed against charter schools in D.C. at length, which amounts to little more than a cheap shot.

President Obama and a bi-partisan coalition of Republican and Democratic members of Congress used the Every Child Succeeds Act to mandated that no child go untested each and every year, despite the overwhelming evidence that the Common Core standardized testing scheme is unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory, not to mention a waste of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Connecticut's political leaders also blindly adopted the use of standardized tests in teacher evaluations in 2012, despite the evidence, even then, that standardized tests are inappropriate for this use.

Research literature and advice from consultants with expertise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing suggests that the current rating system used to determine a program's evidence of effectiveness is inappropriate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs and projects.

Both sets of assumptions were checked and relaxed if there was strong evidence (using a more stringent p value of.001 due to the number of tests involved) that they were inappropriate, and all models were estimated using robust maximum likelihood.

Jacquelyn contends that these findings are pending on appeal and therefore inappropriate to use, that Barr is unqualified to make a psychological diagnosis, and that «parental alienation syndrome» fails to meet the standards for admissibility of scientific evidence.