Credibility in the courtroom: How likeable should an expert witness be?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Brodsky, Stanley L ^a   Neal, Tess M S ^b   Cramer, Robert J ^b   Ziemke, Mitchell H ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EXPERT TESTIMONY; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249104696     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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