Experts in court reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge
Bruce D. Sales and Daniel W. Shuman.
- 1st ed.
- Washington, DC American Psychological Association c2005.
- ix, 162 p. 27 cm.
- Law and public policy : psychology and the social sciences .
- Law and public policy .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why expert witnesses? -- Goals for the rules of evidence -- Admitting expert testimony : evolution and interpretation -- Problems in implementing the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the law of admissibility of expert testimony with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the behavior of experts with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Epilogue : looking to the future.
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Forensic psychology--United States. Evidence, Expert--United States. Forensic psychiatry--United States.