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<p>About the Editors<br /><br />About the Contributors<br /><br />Foreword<br /><br />Acknowledgments</p> <p><b>PART I Introduction</b> <br />1. Psychologists as expert witnesses<br /><i>Leam A. Craig, Hugh C. H. Koch, and Gus A. Baker</i> <br /><br /><b>PART II Clinical Forensic Expert Witness Case Studies </b><br />2. Assessment of an adult male with sexual offence convictions<br /><i>Leam A. Craig and Martin Rettenberger</i><br /><br />3.Assessment of a female patient diagnosed with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder for a First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health)<br /><i>Estelle Moore and Harry Wood</i> <br /><br />4. Assessment of defendant involved in sexual homicide trial <br /><i>Derek Perkins</i> <br /><br />5. A disputed confession in the House of Lord: Evidence-based practice <br /><i>Gisli H. Gudjonsson <br /><br /></i>6. Assessment of male perpetrator of domestic violence in the family courts <br /><i>Leam A. Craig </i><br /><br />7. Assessment of suspected parental alienation in the family courts <br /><i>Sue Whitcombe </i><br /><br />8. "I suddenly remembered the same man had raped me too": An empirically evidenced case of recovered traumatic memories <br /><i>David V. Glasgow </i><br /><br />9. Children and young people with special educational needs in first-tier special educational needs and disability tribunal hearings <br /><i>Michael H. Hymans</i><br /><br />10. Ethnic and cultural considerations in an expert witness assessment <br /><i>Agatha Benyera Mararike </i><br /><br />11. Assessing the communication needs of a vulnerable defendant with intellectual disabilities<br /><i>Brendan M. O'Mahony </i><br /><br /><b>PART III Medicolegal Expert Witness Case Studies </b><br /><br />12. Assessment in civil litigation and personal injury: A case study <br /><i>Hugh C. Koch </i><br /><br />13. Neuropsychological assessment of malingering in a suspected brain injury in civil litigation <br /><i>Gus A. Baker and Steve Kemp </i><br /><br />14. Assessing the impact of historical trauma in civil litigation of negligence against the local authority <br /><i>Roger Hutchinson </i><br /><br /><b>PART IV Judicial and Legal Perspectives </b><br /><br />15. "Trust Me, I'm an Expert!": Legal and Professional Standards, Liability and the Expert Witness <br /><i>Kieran Lee Marshall </i><br />16. The role of the psychologist on Parole Board Panels <br /><i>Wendy Morgan, Claire Barker, and Helen Tinder </i><br /><br />17. Tips for managing the cross examination of psychological evidence, and possible pitfalls <br />L<i>eslie Cuthbert </i><br /><br />18. A judicial perspective on hearing psychological evidence in the Family Courts <br /><i>HHJ Stephen Wildblood KC and Freda Gardner </i><br /><br />19. The role of the expert in regulatory disciplinary cases <br /><i>Kenneth Hamer </i><br /><br />20. Forensic psychology in military courts <br /><i>Christopher T. Stein </i><br /><br />21. How expert witness evidence can go wrong: A concluding note <br /><i>Leam A. Craig, Hugh C. Koch, and Gus A. Baker <br /><br /></i>Acknowledgements</p>

<p><b>Leam A. Craig, PhD, </b> is a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He is a Professor and Visiting Chair of Forensic Psychology at the University of Lincoln, UK, a Visiting Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at Birmingham City University, UK, and an Honorary Professor of Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Applied Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. <p><b>Hugh C.H. Koch, PhD, </b> is a chartered clinical psychologist and Visiting Professor on Law and Psychology at Birmingham City University, and visiting Professor in Psychology at Bristol University. He is the M.D. of Hugh Koch Associates, a medico-legal firm providing expert psychological reports in civil claims across the United Kingdom. <p><b>Gus A. Baker, PhD, </b> is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neuropsychology. He is the Managing Director of Tribune Psychology Services and currently holds the post of Secretary General of the International Bureau for Epilepsy.

<p> <b>Discover first-hand insights into the experience of acting as a psychologist expert witness</b> <p>In <i>Psychology and the Law: Case Studies of Expert Witnesses</i>, a team of distinguished psychologists delivers an insightful and practical collection of case studies exploring the role of mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses in regulatory, judicial, and quasi-judicial proceedings. Each chapter is authored by an expert in their field, covering situations ranging from the assessment of people involved in criminal and family law proceedings and Parole Board hearings to the assessment of a civil litigant’s experience of historical trauma resulting from the alleged negligence of the local authority. <p>Each case follows the involvement of the practitioner from initial retainer to the process of giving evidence in court or in a court-like proceeding. The book also offers valuable judicial and legal perspectives on the roles played by mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses, as well as discussion of the cross examination of persons giving psychological evidence. <p>Readers will also find: <ul><li>A thorough introduction to the use of psychologists as expert witnesses </li><li>Comprehensive explorations of clinical forensic expert witness case studies </li><li>Practical discussions of medicolegal expert witness case studies </li><li>Fulsome treatments of judicial and legal perspectives on the roles, uses, and limits of psychological evidence and the use of psychologist experts in military court martials</li></ul> <p>Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of law and psychology, <i>Psychology and the Law: Case Studies of Expert Witnesses </i>will also benefit qualified psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, policymakers and legislators, social workers, and members of the judiciary.

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