Bültmann & Gerriets
The Expert Expert Witness: More Maxims and Guidelines for Testifying in Court
von Stanley L. Brodsky, Thomas G. Gutheil
Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
Taschenbuch
ISBN: 978-1-4338-2055-7
Erschienen am 14.09.2015
Sprache: Englisch
Format: 231 mm [H] x 151 mm [B] x 17 mm [T]
Gewicht: 355 Gramm
Umfang: 238 Seiten

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Biografische Anmerkung

In this extensive revision of his classic guide, Stanley Brodsky, joined by coauthor Thomas Gutheil, continues to educate and entertain mental health professionals who are called as expert witnesses, teaching them simple, effective strategies for direct and cross-examination.



Preface

Introduction

  1. Apologies
  2. Arbitrary Pigeonholes
  3. Asked and Answered
  4. Boundaries Between Expert Witness Roles and Trial Consultation
  5. Confabulations
  6. Consistent Experts
  7. Context
  8. Directed Feedback
  9. Discovery and Discoveries
  10. Ethics in Expert Testimony
  11. Evasive Responses: Hopeless But Not Serious
  12. Experience Does Not Count
  13. Expert Witness as Master Teacher
  14. Fact Witnesses
  15. Frames of Reference
  16. Gender-Intrusive Questions
  17. Gotcha and Goodbye
  18. Holy Mackerel, Man!
  19. Illusory Documentation
  20. Integrity Checks
  21. Language: It's a Virus
  22. Lawyer Bashing and Lawyer Jokes
  23. Le Mot Juste
  24. Lost and Befuddled
  25. Low Pitches
  26. Metatestimony
  27. Offensive Language
  28. Offensive Questions
  29. Personal Attacks: Overview
  30. Personal Attacks: Demeaning Attorneys
  31. Personal Attacks: Internet Vulnerabilities
  32. Personal Attacks: Taints
  33. Pulling and the Push–Pull
  34. Real and Apparent Ambiguities
  35. Recording of Assessments
  36. Sayonara Solutions
  37. Silent Treatments
  38. Sleight of Hand
  39. Social Construction of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dangerousness
  40. Spontaneity and Alertness on the Stand
  41. Swoop and Perch
  42. Telephoned and Videorecorded Testimony
  43. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
  44. Their Words in Our Mouths
  45. Tightrope Walking
  46. To Faint, To Weep, To Blank Out
  47. Traps of Common Sense
  48. True Grit and False
  49. Ultimate Opinion Testimony
  50. Well Beyond Testimony
  51. What We Like to See in an Expert Witness — And What We Don't

Suggested Readings: More of This

References

Index

About the Authors



Stanley L. Brodsky, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of Alabama. He has written 14 books and about 250 articles, mostly in psychology applied to the law. He has received distinguished achievement awards from the American Psychology-Law Society, The International Association of Forensic and Correctional Psychology, and other scholarly and professional societies. He is a frequent leader of workshops based on his book Testifying in Court. In 2013 he was a Visiting Fellow in the Program in Psychiatry and the Law of Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Brodsky has been a visiting fellow at universities in New Zealand, India, Israel, and England.

Thomas G. Gutheil, MD, is a professor of psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center and cofounder of the Program in Psychiatry and the Law at Harvard Medical School; he is the first professor of psychiatry in the history of Harvard Medical School to be certified in both general and forensic psychiatry. A recipient of every major award in the forensic field and multiple teaching and writing awards, Dr. Gutheil has authored or coauthored more than 300 publications in the national and international forensic literature. He is past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law and the International Academy of Law and Mental Health. Associated with the Massachusetts Mental Health Center for a half-century. Dr. Gutheil lives and works in the Boston area.