商品簡介
Courts often uncritically heed the opinions of mental health professionals in commitment and sentencing proceedings on why a defendant committed a harmful act and the chance of recidivism, according to Slobogin (law, psychiatry, U. of Florida). He examines the expert witness role in the context of the recent history of the science and the law (e.g., the 1993 Supreme Court decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals that established reliability criteria for clinical testimony). He draws on Daniel Fishman's pragmatic psychology for his analytical framework for the admissibility of such testimony. In cross-examining the predictability of dangerousness, the author recommends a database of cases to bolster opinions, e.g., the validity of claims of posttraumatic stress syndrome as an extenuating factor. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School.
