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I'm not sure if anyone has posted this yet, but the whole area of forensic "science", is actually on very shaky foundations.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4325774.html
Freudian psychoanalysis is (sadly) still the dominant version of applied psychology in many countries (Argentina is one).
Freud and Lacan are still very big influences in postmodern philosophy (and by association, much of the Humanities), in spite of the fact that their theories are either demonstrably false or unfalsifiable.
I was stunned to read Freudian viewpoints expressed in my Women's Studies textbook in college. But I was even more stunned by a favorable passage about crystal healing(!) of all things.
Why would you be surprised to find abject nonsense in a Women's Studies textbook?
Well, I'm surprised to find that kind of weapons grade nonsense anywhere, still more so in a university coursebook. But I was especially surprised that they would publish nonsense from such a misogynistic author as Freud.