Expert psychological testimony for the courts
By: Mark Costanzo, Daniel Krauss, Kathy Pezdek, editors.
Contributors: Costanzo, Mark.; Krauss, Daniel; Pezdek, Kathy.
Series: The Claremont book series on applied social psychology
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780805856477; 9780805856484; 9781410614391
Subjects: Forensic psychology -- United States; Evidence, Expert -- United States; Forensic psychiatry -- United States; Criminal psychology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Varieties and vagaries of expert psychological testimony: an introduction / Mark Costanzo, Daniel Krauss, & Kathy Pezdek; title: Science, experts, and law: reflections on the past and the future / Bruce D. Sales & Daniel W. Shuman; title: Psychological aspects of forensic identification evidence / William C. Thompson & Simon A. Cole; title: Research and expert testimony on interrogations and confessions / Mark Costanzo & Richard A. Leo; title: Expert testimony on eyewitness memory and identification / Kathy Pezdek; title: Expert testimony in sexual harassment cases: its scope, limits, and effectiveness / Maureen O'Connor; title: Capital mitigation from a developmental perspective: the importance of risk factors, protective factors, and the construct of resilience / Karen L. Salekin; title: Insanity's disconnect, the law's madness, and the irresistible impulses of experts / Norman J. Finkel; title: Expert evidence pertaining to battered women: limitations and reconceptualizations / Regina A. Schuller & Gwen Jenkins; title: Expert testimony on risk and future dangerousness / Daniel Krauss and Joe Lieberman; title: The law, process, and science of child custody evaluation - Randy K. Otto & David A. Martindale; title: Pitfalls and ethics of expert testimony / Michael J. Saks & Richard I. Lanyon.