Expert Witness Perceptions of Bias in Experts

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-75

  Commons, Michael Lamport ^a,b   Miller, Patrice Marie ^a   Gutheil, Thomas G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1842509816     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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