Expert Psychological Testimony for the Courts

Informationen zum Autor Mark Costanzo, Daniel Krauss and Kathy Pezdek Klappentext This book" "provides a comprehensive! research-based analysis of the content! ethics! and impact of expert psychological testimony. The opening chapter explores issues surrounding the admissibility of expert testimony! and the closing chapter Zusammenfassung This bookprovides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of the content, ethics, and impact of expert psychological testimony. The opening chapter explores issues surrounding the admissibility of expert testimony, and the closing chapter Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: M. Costanzo, D. Krauss, K. Pezdek, Varieties and Vagaries of Expert Psychological Testimony: An Introduction. B.D. Sales, D.W. Shuman, Science, Experts, and Law: Reflections on the Past and the Future. W.C. Thompson, S.A. Cole, Psychological Aspects of Forensic Identification Evidence. M. Costanzo, R.A. Leo, Research and Expert Testimony on Interrogations and Confessions. K. Pezdek, Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Memory and Identification. M. O’Connor, Expert Testimony in Sexual Harassment Cases: Its Scope, Limits, and Effectiveness. K.L. Salekin, Capital Mitigation From a Developmental Perspective: The Importance of Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and the Construct of Resilience. N.J. Finkel, Insanity’s Disconnect, the Law’s Madness, and the Irresistible Impulses of Experts. R.A. Schuller, G. Jenkins, Expert Evidence Pertaining to Battered Women: Limitations and Reconceptualizations. D. Krauss, J. Lieberman, Expert Testimony on Risk and Future Dangerousness. R.K. Otto, D.A. Martindale, The Law, Process, and Science of Child Custody Evaluation. M.J. Saks, R.I. Lanyon , Pitfalls and Ethics of Expert Testimony.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Krauss Costanzo
• Assisted by: Mark Costanzo (Editor), Costanzo Mark (Editor), Daniel Krauss (Editor), Daniel A. Krauss (Editor), Kathy Pezdek (Editor), Pezdek Kathy (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.07.2006
• EAN: 9780805856477
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5647-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Series; Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, Criminal or forensic psychology, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures