Judicial Dilemma: Expert Witness Testimony in Child Sex Abuse Cases.

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dc.contributor.authorMason, M. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-18T16:52:08Z
dc.date.available2014-03-18T16:52:08Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractThis study first analyzes the content of 122 appellate court decisions in which expert witness testimony on the characteristics of sexually abused children is challenged. The nature of the testimony, the identity of experts, and the patterns of judicial response to this testimony are both quantitatively and qualitatively examined. The study then reviews the concerns raised by the clinical/scientific community about the validity of this behavioral syndrome testimony and the role of the therapist as expert. The gulf between the judicial community and the clinical/scientific community is addressed. Alternative forms of expert testimony that more closely meet the criteria of both communities are suggested. (Author)en_US
dc.identifier.citationMason, M. A. (1991). Judicial Dilemma: Expert Witness Testimony in Child Sex Abuse Cases. Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 185, 185-219.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3103&context=facpubs
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1318
dc.publisherJournal of Psychiatry and Lawen_US
dc.subjectexpert testimonyen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjecttherapistsen_US
dc.subjectjudicial rulingsen_US
dc.subjectbehavioral syndromeen_US
dc.titleJudicial Dilemma: Expert Witness Testimony in Child Sex Abuse Cases.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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