Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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100946 | International Journal of Law and Psychiatry | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Forensic mental health professionals (n = 44) reviewed a series of statements that an attorney might make to a consulting or testifying expert. Each statement was rated for its degree of appropriateness to either the consulting or the testifying role. In light of increasing attention paid to this topic in the forensic practice literature, as well as long-standing distinctions recognized by the legal profession, it was originally hypothesized that participants would differentiate clearly between these roles; however, results of this pilot study indicate that forensic practitioners do not possess a consistent sense of which activities rest most comfortably within testimonial as opposed to consulting duties.
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Authors
Thomas Gordon Gutheil, Michael Lamport Commons, Eric Y. Drogin, Mark J. Hauser, Patrice Marie Miller, Andrew Michael Richardson,