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- Title
Bias and Expert Testimony of Mental Health Professionals in Adversarial Proceedings: A Preliminary Investigation.
- Authors
Otto, Randy K.
- Abstract
The role of mental health professionals testifying as expert witnesses has been the subject of increasing criticism. Cases in which opposing experts reach different conclusions are dismissed as "battles of the experts" and psychologists and psychiatrists are described as "hired guns." This preliminary, analogue study examined the degree to which the opinions and testimony of mental health professionals may differ according to which side retains the expert. Results provided some support for the proposition that mental health professionals' testimony may vary according to the side by which they are retained.
- Subjects
EXPERT evidence; WITNESSES; MENTAL health personnel; PSYCHOLOGISTS; PSYCHIATRISTS; EYEWITNESS identification
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1989, Vol 7, Issue 2, p267
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.2370070210