Testifying in court
Subtitle: guidelines and maxims for the expert witness
By: by Stanley L. Brodsky
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781433812125
Subjects: Expert Evidence; Forensic psychology
Description: "Testifying in court can be a challenging experience for both novice and veteran expert witnesses. For over 20 years, Stanley Brodsky's Testifying in Court has been a trusted source of sage and good-humored advice on every aspect of the process, from initial preparations to maintaining control during cross-examination. The chapters in this extensively updated new edition draw on real-life scenarios to illustrate key principles, and each chapter ends with an easily recallable maxim"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Admit-deny; title: Burden of proof and degree of certainty; title: Challenges to experience: 1. insufficient experience; title: Challenges to experience: 2. case-specific experience; title: Challenges to experience: 3. the case against experience; title: Changing your mind; title: Child sexual abuse testimony; title: Collateral data; title: Courtroom as place identity; title: Credentialing; title: Culture; title: Diagnoses and definitions; title: Direct examination; title: Disaster relief; title: Dsm cautions; title: Examiner effects; title: Feisty experts; title: Freud as an expert witness; title: Frittering away trustworthiness; title: The hired gun.