The utility of the expert witness in a rape case: Reconsidering Rape Trauma Syndrome

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-60

  McGowan, Mila Green ^a   Helms, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert psychological testimony; Expert witness; Post traumatic stress disorder; Rape Trauma Syndrome; Rape victims

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUNISHMENT; RAPE;

EID: 0141842658     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J158v03n01_05     Document Type: Article

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