Experts in court : reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge /
Sales, Bruce Dennis,
Experts in court : reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge / Bruce D. Sales and Daniel W. Shuman. - First edition. - ix, 162 pages ; 27 cm. - Law and public policy : psychology and the social sciences . - Law and public policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why expert witnesses? -- Goals for the rules of evidence -- Admitting expert testimony : evolution and interpretation -- Problems in implementing the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the law of admissibility of expert testimony with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the behavior of experts with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Epilogue : looking to the future. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.
"Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge examines the use of expert testimony, particularly that of mental health professionals, in civil and criminal litigation. Lawyers and judges often fear that mental health professionals' testimony is purely experiential and not based on objective criteria or a demonstrable scientific foundation. Through the use of a novel approach to evaluating the interactions of experts with the courts, Sales and Shuman explain the scrutiny that psychologists and all other experts will need to use to survive admissibility determinations under new and evolving rules of evidence."--BOOK JACKET.
1591472466 9781591472469
2004024365
Forensic psychology--United States
Forensic psychiatry--United States
Evidence, Expert--United States
KF8965 / .S25 2005
347.7367
Experts in court : reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge / Bruce D. Sales and Daniel W. Shuman. - First edition. - ix, 162 pages ; 27 cm. - Law and public policy : psychology and the social sciences . - Law and public policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why expert witnesses? -- Goals for the rules of evidence -- Admitting expert testimony : evolution and interpretation -- Problems in implementing the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the law of admissibility of expert testimony with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the behavior of experts with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Epilogue : looking to the future. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.
"Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge examines the use of expert testimony, particularly that of mental health professionals, in civil and criminal litigation. Lawyers and judges often fear that mental health professionals' testimony is purely experiential and not based on objective criteria or a demonstrable scientific foundation. Through the use of a novel approach to evaluating the interactions of experts with the courts, Sales and Shuman explain the scrutiny that psychologists and all other experts will need to use to survive admissibility determinations under new and evolving rules of evidence."--BOOK JACKET.
1591472466 9781591472469
2004024365
Forensic psychology--United States
Forensic psychiatry--United States
Evidence, Expert--United States
KF8965 / .S25 2005
347.7367