Testifying in Court : Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness /

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"Testifying in court can be a challenging experience. Novices who are unfamiliar with the judicial environment can feel insecure about many aspects of their testimony, from the language they use to the clothes they wear. Even experienced expert witnesses can be flustered by a skillful lawyer�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brodsky, Stanley L., 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, ©2013.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Evidence, Expert > United States.
Forensic psychology.
Forensic sciences.
Psychology.
Forensic Sciences
Psychology
Expertises > États-Unis.
Psychologie légale.
Criminalistique.
Psychologie.
forensic science.
psychology.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology
Evidence, Expert.
United States.
Legal maxims.
Maximes juridiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Admit-deny
  • Burden of proof and degree of certainty
  • Challenges to experience : 1, insufficient experience
  • Challenges to experience : 2, case-specific experience
  • Challenges to experience : 3, the case against experience
  • Changing your mind
  • Child sexual abuse testimony
  • Collateral data
  • Courtroom as place identity
  • Credentialing
  • Culture
  • Diagnoses and definitions
  • The direct examination
  • Disaster relief
  • DSM cautions
  • Examiner effects
  • Feisty experts : witnesses chiding judges and attorneys
  • Freud as an expert witness
  • Frittering away trustworthiness
  • The hired gun
  • The historic hysteric gambit
  • Humor
  • Intimidation
  • Just before the court appearance
  • Knowing when to fold them
  • Language of testimony
  • The learned treatise gambit
  • Listening well
  • Malingering and faking good
  • Moving on
  • Narcissistic experts
  • Negative assertions
  • Perspective taking
  • Power and control on the witness stand
  • Predictable answers
  • Probes for guilt and shame
  • Professional witnesses and professionalism
  • Psychotherapists as expert witnesses
  • The pull to affiliate and allegiance effects
  • The push-pull technique
  • Qualifications and expertise
  • Report matters
  • The Rumpelstiltskin Principle
  • Saying "I don't know" versus waffling
  • Socialization during the trial
  • Staying current
  • Theatrical and outlandish attorneys
  • Transformative moments
  • Uninvolved and inept attorneys
  • Using quiet times
  • Vigorous cross-examinations and vigorous answers
  • The well-dressed witness
  • When it is over
  • Worst testifying experiences
  • Your expertise used against you.

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