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- Title
Expert Witnesses in Child Abuse Cases.
- Authors
Sagatun, Inger J.
- Abstract
This article discusses the need for expert testimony and the criteria for admissibility of such testimony in child abuse cases. It addresses the scope of expert testimony in both physical and sexual abuse cases with respect to (a) descriptive and diagnostic issues, (b) witness credibility issues, and (c) legal issues. In particular, the article focuses on the admissibility of expert testimony on the battered child syndrome, the child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome, and observations of behavior with anatomically correct dolls. The article concludes that medical expert testimony is more admissible in court than mental health expert testimony.
- Subjects
CHILD abuse; CHILD sexual abuse; EYEWITNESS identification; BATTERED child syndrome; SEX crimes; SYNDROMES in children
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1991, Vol 9, Issue 2, p201
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.2370090209