Expert witness testimony. In Forensic organizational consulting: The role of psychologists in litigation support. by
Skilled forensic consulting psychologists help clients prepare for courtroom trials. This book helps psychologists understand the demands of this challenging yet deeply rewarding field. Forensic psychologists may be hired to participate in jury selection and witness preparation, organize mock trials and focus groups to test arguments, provide expert testimony and psychological evaluation, and conduct posttrial interviews that yield useful information for future cases. Experienced forensic psychologists can anticipate probable jury or bench trial outcomes and can advise the lawyers they work with to settle, dismiss, or proceed with litigation. This vignette‐filled, insider's look at the rewards and challenges of forensic consulting includes nuanced discussion of the ethical challenges that consultants must navigate as part of their work.
The Forensic Psychologist's Role in Civil Cases: Experts, Juries, and Research. In Forensic Psychology 101 by
This is a concise, engaging overview of forensic psychology, spanning its origins as a discipline through the many varied opportunities for employment today. In easy-to-understand language, the book describes federal and state legal systems as they interface with psychological constructs, and presents several chapters focusing on specific areas of the discipline, from criminal matters and ethical issues to family court and juvenile justice. The roles of the forensic psychologist and attorney in court proceedings are addressed and clarified, and landmark cases are highlighted to demonstrate key concepts and how forensic psychologists can influence the law. The book provides a legal foundation that forensic psychologists need to succeed in the profession and highlights the methodological and assessment tools needed to evaluate clients and other individuals. Fascinating case studies--presented as "briefs" to highlight important facts and issues--and commentary by nationally renowned forensic psychologists and attorneys bring concepts to life, and call-out boxes are interspersed throughout describing relevant current events and profiling day-to-day work in the field. Chapter overviews, summaries, and discussion questions reinforce the book's content. Key Features: Delivers a realistic overview of what it is like to be a forensic psychologistHelps students to make informed career choices by highlighting different areas of practiceIntroduces students to key legal information they need to succeed in the fieldHighlights the methodological and assessment tools to evaluate clients and validate scientific credibility of the fieldDescribes actual case rulings to demonstrate key concepts and how forensic psychologists influence the lawAuthored by an individual who is an attorney, a former law school professor, and a current PhD associate professor of forensic psychology
Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law by
Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law offers mental health professionals authoritative guidance on how today's law affects clinical practice. Each chapter in this award-winning reference presents case examples of legal issues often seen in day-to-day practice; clearly explains the governing legal rules, their rationale, and their clinical impact; and offers concrete action guides to navigating clinicolegal dilemmas.
The Psychological Foundations of Evidence Law by
Identifies and evaluates the psychological choices implicit in the rules of evidence Evidence law is meant to facilitate trials that are fair, accurate, and efficient, and that encourage and protect important societal values and relationships. In pursuit of these often-conflicting goals, common law judges and modern drafting committees have had to perform as amateur applied psychologists. Their task has required them to employ what they think they know about the ability and motivations of witnesses to perceive, store, and retrieve information; about the effects of the litigation process on testimony and other evidence; and about our capacity to comprehend and evaluate evidence. These are the same phenomena that cognitive and social psychologists systematically study. The rules of evidence have evolved to restrain lawyers from using the most robust weapons of influence, and to direct judges to exclude certain categories of information, limit it, or instruct juries on how to think about it. Evidence law regulates the form of questions lawyers may ask, filters expert testimony, requires witnesses to take oaths, and aims to give lawyers and factfinders the tools they need to assess witnesses' reliability. But without a thorough grounding in psychology, is the "common sense" of the rulemakers as they create these rules always, or even usually, correct? And when it is not, how can the rules be fixed? Addressed to those in both law and psychology, The Psychological Foundations of Evidence Law draws on the best current psychological research-based knowledge to identify and evaluate the choices implicit in the rules of evidence, and to suggest alternatives that psychology reveals as better for accomplishing the law's goals.
Clinical Psychology at a Glance by
It offers students up-to-date meaning of clinical terms, increases awareness, fresh insight for encompassing all basic thoughts required in diagnosing, treating and gaining knowledge in abnormal/clinical psychology. Special Features: Inclusion of Professional development issues and success for students from different fields like psychology, medicine, nursing, public health and other health professionals are the basic objectives of this book. Highlights: This book can serve as a ready reckoner. The language is simple accompanied with relevant photographs.
For this assignment, you must create a curriculum vitae (CV) for a forensic psychologist and a separate CV for a clinical psychologist. The CV should highlight the similarities and differences between the professionals. In addition, you will develop a list of questions the psychologists would be asked by an attorney in order to be admitted as a fact witness or an expert witness. Keep in mind the following information/questions:
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