The expert expert witness : more maxims and guidelines for testifying in court /

"Psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals may be experts in their respective fields, but this expertise does not easily translate to effective courtroom testimony. Even veteran expert witnesses can encounter new challenges in these high-pressure situations, especially...

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Main Author: Brodsky, Stanley L., 1939-
Other Authors: Gutheil, Thomas G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2016
Edition:Second edition
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245 1 4 |a The expert expert witness :  |b more maxims and guidelines for testifying in court /  |c Stanley L. Brodsky and Thomas G. Gutheil 
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300 |a xii, 238 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index 
505 0 |a Apologies -- Arbitrary pigeonholes -- Asked and answered -- Boundaries between expert witness roles and trial consultation -- Confabulations -- Consistent experts -- Context -- Directed feedback -- Discovery and discoveries -- Ethics in expert testimony -- Evasive responses : hopeless but not serious -- Experience does not count -- Expert witness as master teacher -- Fact witnesses -- Frames of reference -- Gender-intrusive questions -- Gotcha and goodbye -- Holy mackerel, man! -- Illusory documentation -- Integrity checks -- Language : it's a virus -- Lawyer bashing and lawyer jokes -- Le mot juste -- Lost and befuddled -- Low pitches -- Metatestimony -- Offensive language -- Offensive questions -- Personal attacks : overview -- Personal attacks : demeaning attorneys -- Personal attacks : internet vulnerabilities -- Personal attacks : taints -- Pulling and the push-pull -- Real and apparent ambiguities -- Recording of assessments -- Sayonara solutions -- Silent treatments -- Sleight of hand -- Social construction of posttraumatic stress disorder and dangerousness -- Spontaneity and alertness on the stand -- Swoop and perch -- Telephoned and videorecorded testimony -- Thank you, thank you, thank you -- Their words in our mouths -- Tightrope walking -- To faint, to weep, to blank out -- Traps of common sense -- True grit and false -- Ultimate opinion testimony -- Well beyond testimony -- What we like to see in an expert witness-- and what we don't 
520 |a "Psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals may be experts in their respective fields, but this expertise does not easily translate to effective courtroom testimony. Even veteran expert witnesses can encounter new challenges in these high-pressure situations, especially during a cross-examination where every statement and gesture is scrutinized by an attorney searching for ways to dispute the expert's credibility and opinions. For more than 2 decades, Stanley L. Brodsky has taught expert witnesses simple and practical strategies they can use to negotiate challenges in the courtroom and give strong, effective testimony. In this thorough update to his classic guide, Brodsky and his equally prolific coauthor, Thomas G. Guttheil, continue to provide sage, humorous advice that will put expert witnesses at ease and allow them to comport themselves with poise and confidence throughout direct and cross-examination. Short chapters punctuated by memorable maxims draw from the authors' expansive personal experiences, as well as research and stories from other expert expert witnesses, to create this must-have resource that will inform and entertain expert witnesses for many years"--Unedited summary from book cover 
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