A child psychiatrist's expert roles in the criminal court: children as vulnerable witnesses

Ethics and expert witnesses: the troubled role of psychiatrists in court.

Psychiatrists testifying in court have been called charlatans, crooks, or clowns. Some critics have urged that psychiatrists voluntarily absent themselves from the courtroom or be banned from it. I Yet the central question concerning the role of psychiatrists in court revolves around the understanding of the terms "expert" and "justice" and has not been addressed. We do not suggest embracing th...

The psychiatrist as an expert witness in criminal court.

9?_92S2SHIS Academy stands this evening on the firm ground of progressive medicolegal thought on which it has stood 11 T zfor many years. Almost three-quarters of a century ago one of the keenest and most independent jurists this ,is25E5?S2~fl country has ever produced, Judge Edmonton, travelled across the river from New Jersey to appear on the platform of The New York Academy of Medicine and t...

WOMEN AS EXPERT WITNESSES 2 Women as Expert Witnesses: A Review of the Literature

UK Supreme Court abolishes immunity for expert witnesses.

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has abolished the longstanding immunity expert witnesses have enjoyed from being sued for negligence, in a landmark judgment. By a five-two majority, the UK’s highest court has swept away the rule that negligence claims cannot be brought against expert witnesses over anything said in court or in the preparation of reports for court proceedings. The case was brou...

Women as expert witnesses: a review of the literature.

This review of women's participation in the legal system as expert witnesses examines the empirical literature on the perceived credibility and persuasiveness of women compared with men experts. The effects of expert gender are complex and sometimes depend on the circumstances of the case. Some studies find no differences, some find favorable effects for women and others for men, and still othe...