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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Expert witness"”.
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Jurors' Perceptions of Gender Differences in Expert Witness Testimony
… psychologists appearing in court to testify as expert witnesses. However, the use of psychology in the legal system has a history dating back to Thucydides in the fifth century B.C. The early focus of psychology was on the determination of insanity. Later, eye witness testimony (especially of …
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Expert witness testimony in jury verdicts when battered women kill
… jury verdicts when traumatic brain injury expert testimony is provided and (b) examine the relationship between the verdicts when battered women syndrome expert witness testimony is provided, in Rowan University undergraduate students (N = 100). Students were provided with experimental …
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The effects of expert witness testimony on juror verdict: psychiatry versus psychology
… of this study was to explore the effects of expert witness testimony on juror verdicts. We, further, assessed whether there would be a difference in the relative influence of MDs and PhD expert witnesses. Undergraduate and graduate students served as mock jurors and were presented with an …
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An Evaluation of Metric Methods of Race Differentiation in the Human Pelvic Girdle for the Application of Expert Witness Testimony
<p>Research has shown that measurements from the pelvic bones and femur can be utilized for race estimation when the skull is absent or damaged. The literature reported levels up to 95% accuracy when utilizing discriminant function analysis to simultaneously classify race and sex. This research …
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First impressions from the jury box: how the length of expert testimony influences mock trial deliberations
… influence that a juror's first impressions of an expert witness might have on two outcomes: judgments of the witness' credibility, and verdict decisions in a criminal case involving a Not Guilty by Insanity (NGRI) defense. This was the first study to use "thin slice" methodology to manipulate time …
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Mock Juror Understanding of Complex Testimony: the Flynn Effect in Atkins Cases
… for ID. The current study evaluated whether an expert witness' credentials and the complexity of their testimony would influence mock jurors' diagnostic determinations. Undergraduate students were exposed to testimony on the Flynn effect (a statistical phenomenon relevant to IQ scores and ID …
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Forensic collision investigation: finding the order within the chaos
… Community, The Wider Demographic and The Expert Witness. It covers a 15-year career of the work of a Forensic Collision Investigator responsible for the investigation of road traffic collisions resulting in catastrophic injuries or fatalities. Included in the thesis is the development of a …
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A Mixed Method Investigation of the Factors that Influence Juror Interpretation of Forensic Science Testimony Presented for the Prosecution in Nine Homicide Trials in the United States
The judicial system calls upon expert witnesses to testify in court when complex or specialized knowledge, beyond that of the lay person, is needed to interpret the evidence. Expert witnesses explain the meaning of the evidence and can express their opinion of its significance within the context of …
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Persuasion Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Cross-Examination of a Forensic Expert
… and have concerning error rates, and forensic experts often testify with unfounded certainty regarding their analyses. These issues, coupled with jurors' misbeliefs about forensic science, result in criminal convictions despite weak evidence against a defendant. A possible safeguard against …
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Fire the hired gun: Eliminating expert bias in the accusatorial-adversarial civil justice system
In 1954, an expert witness, Dr Unsworth, testifying for the defendant, exculpatorily opined that the plaintiff was a malingerer, but had he testified for the plaintiff instead, his opinion would be that the plaintiff's condition was post-traumatic at the hands of the defendant. 1 This statement …
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Comparison of the Biological Attributes, First and Second Level of Detail of Friction Ridge Skin of the Palms and Fingers
… high scientific scrutiny. For nearly 100 years, expert witness testimony concerning fingerprint identification has been allowed into courts with little challenge, as it is supported by several areas of research that acknowledge that no two fingerprints are the same; they will remain unchanged …
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The role of the mental health practitioner in divorce and custody litigation
… and the role of investigator/consultant and expert witness in the court process.
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A critical analysis of South African mental health law : a selection of human rights and criminal justice issues
… including psychology and psychiatry and the expert witness, and the new Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007 and its regulations. An outline of the role of the National Health Act 61 of 2003 in the administration of the health system is provided.The thesis analyses the manners in …
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Computational simulation of skull fracture patterns in pediatric subjects using a porcine model
… the medical literature and unsubstantiated eyewitness accounts. The current process may result in unreliable autopsy interpretation and miscarriages of justice due to a lack of scientific verification in expert witness testimony. A method to examine the mechanisms of skeletal trauma, …
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Victorian Egyptology and the Making of a Colonial Field Science, 1850-1906
… about the relationship between empire, locality, expertise, and invisible labour. These themes are examined through four case studies and divided into two parts, corresponding to the periods before and after the 1882 British Occupation of Egypt. The first part, “long-distance archaeology,” …
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Psychological work with survivors of sex trafficking: a narrative inquiry of the impact on practitioners
… as psychologist, psychotherapist, counsellor and expert witness, yet all were psychologically trained. Across the four narratives, five different subject areas were identified: A personal philosophy, rite of passage, boundaries, protective factors, and knowers and not-knowers. These headings gave …
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Vulnerabilities of trafficked rural Chinese girls in the UK asylum system: a thematic analysis
… Jackie Sheehan in her capacity as China Country Expert Witness in the girls’ appeals. As well as asylum interviews, witness statements and Home Office refusal letters, the asylum case files included practitioners’ reports, including those from support and advocacy groups and social workers and …
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Forensic analysis of computer evidence
… in the testimony conducted by digital forensic expert witnesses. Lastly, digital forensic expert witness testimony is under great scrutiny because of the lack of standards in both education and investigative methods. To remedy this situation, we developed multiple avenues to facilitate more …
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An investigation into the specialized skills and knowledge required for Forensic Social Work practice in South Africa
… procedures and knowledge required to act as an expert witness in court for forensic social work practice. However, despite this, forensic social work practitioners had inadequate training in the specialized skills and knowledge required to competently practice forensic social work in South …
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Development of the Interview and Interrogation Assessment Instrument
… judicial decision making, and courts may call an expert social scientist to assess the coercive pressures of an interrogation and risk factors for false confession. At present, there exists no standardized methods for performing this task, and each expert uses their own unstructured professional …
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