Providing Testimony

Sexual assault nurse examiners' experiences providing expert witness court testimony.

Nurses from a national random sample of SANE programs were interviewed about their most recent experience providing expert witness court testimony (N = 110). Forty-three percent of the SANEs characterized this experience "fine" with no difficulties, but 58% mentioned that they had encountered problems. Challenges they faced while testifying are explored in depth and implications for forensic nu...

Cbo Testimony

Eyewitness testimony.

The criminal justice system relies heavily on eyewitness identification for investigating and prosecuting crimes. Psychology has built the only scientific literature on eyewitness identification and has warned the justice system of problems with eyewitness identification evidence. Recent DNA exoneration cases have corroborated the warnings of eyewitness identification researchers by showing tha...

Sex offender testimony: junk science or unethical testimony?

Sexual predatorstatutes require thatanoffender beeval uated for civil commitment, after completing his penal sentence, by psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals. These professionals are usually asked todetermine whether theoffender: (1) has been convicted of sexually violent predatory offenses against twoor morevictims; (2) has a "mentalor behav ioral abnormality" t...

Testimony of James J

This testimony considers the current science and status of the fish populations of the Columbia River System. 2 My name is James Anderson; I am an Associate Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. My research over the past two decades has involved Columbia River salmon and the influence of the hydrosystem and climate on the survival and productiv...