The Savage case. Week four: Mrs. Savage's expert witnesses.

The Savage case. Week four: Mrs. Savage's expert witnesses.

Continuing her evidence last week to the Tower Hamlets District Health Authority inquiry into her competence, Mrs Wendy Savage was closely questioned by the obstetrician members of the panel about her management of the AU case, in which the baby died eight days after birth. Professor Howie asked Mrs Savage whether she felt she was justified in using oxytocin to stimulate labour in view of the r...

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

Are there impartial expert psychiatric witnesses?

An expert psychiatric witness is court appointed in about 30 states when the insanity defense is raised. 1.2 This defense evokes powerful prejudices. toward either condemnation or compassion, and has generated polemical debate.:1 Similarly, psychiatric opinion is required in procedures of competency to stand trial and sexual offenses of many varieties that stimulate feelings ranging from shock ...

Commentary: is the plot thickening for partisan forensic expert witnesses?

Knowledge of the past has a powerful way of clarifying the challenges of the present. Dr. Weiss enables the reader to exploit this phenomenon as it applies to the important perennial struggle of the expert witness for objectivity.

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...