Forensic reports & testimony : a guide to effective communication for psychologists and psychiatrists / Randy K. Otto, Richart DeMier, Marcus L. Boccaccini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otto, Randy K., author.

DeMier, Richart L., 1962- author.

Boccaccini, Marcus L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Summary:

"Forensic Reports & Testimony: A Guide to Effective Communication for Psychologists and Psychiatrists provides a roadmap for the mental health professional who wants to provide consistently accurate, defensible, and useful reports and testimony to the legal system. Authors Randy K. Otto, Richart L. DeMier, and Marcus Boccaccini, recognized experts in the field, cover all aspects of the process, including preparing affidavits and reports, preparing for depositions, and testifying. Every written or spoken communication for the courts must be clear and precise, and distinguish between facts, inferences, and opinions. This book uniquely: Shows the critical differences between forensic psychological reports and the clinical reports psychologists and psychiatrists are accustomed to writing Includes and explains important maxims of forensic report writing, including separating facts from inferences, focusing on offering expert opinions, explaining why you think what you think, and connecting the dots between facts and conclusions Provides numerous examples of experts' testimony, affidavits, reports-with commentary and critiquesExpert forensic work deserves to be presented in a clear, precise, and understandable way so that it is useful to attorneys, judges, and juries. Forensic Reports & Testimony provides the guidelines and models forensic psychologists and forensic psychiatrists need to make that happen"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface About the Authors Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Functions of Forensic Reports Chapter Three: Contents of Forensic Reports Chapter Four: Principles of Forensic Reports Chapter Five: Structure of Forensic Reports Chapter Six: Interrogations, Affidavits, Declarations, Demonstrative Exhibits, & Demonstrative Aids Chapter Seven: Conceptual issues Regarding Testimony Chapter Eight: Testifying at Depositions and Pretrial Hearings Chapter Nine: Testifying in Frye and Daubert Hearings Chapter Ten: Pretrial Preparation Chapter Eleven: Direct Testimony Chapter Twelve: Cross-Examination References Appendix A: Sample Reports Appendix B: Sample Interrogatory, Declaration, and Affidavits.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118420942

1118420942

9781118419045

1118419049

OCLC:

876833703