Testifying in Court: Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness

Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition
1
Admit–Deny
2
Burden of Proof and Degree of Certainty
3
Challenges to Experience: 1. Insufficient Experience
4
Challenges to Experience: 2. Case-Specific Experience
5
Challenges to Experience: 3. The Case Against Experience
6
Changing Your Mind
7
Child Sexual Abuse Testimony
8
Collateral Data
9
Courtroom as Place Identity
10
Credentialing
11
Culture
12
Diagnoses and Definitions
13
The Direct Examination
14
Disaster Relief
15
DSM Cautions
16
Examiner Effects
17
Feisty Experts: Witnesses Chiding Judges and Attorneys
18
Freud as an Expert Witness
19
Frittering Away Trustworthiness
20
The Hired Gun
21
The Historic Hysteric Gambit
22
Humor
23
Intimidation
24
Just Before the Court Appearance
25
Knowing When to Fold Them
26
Language of Testimony
27
The Learned Treatise Gambit
28
Listening Well
29
Malingering and Faking Good
30
Moving On
31
Narcissistic Experts
32
Negative Assertions
33
Perspective Taking
34
Power and Control on the Witness Stand
35
Predictable Answers
36
Probes for Guilt and Shame
37
Professional Witnesses and Professionalism
38
Psychotherapists as Expert Witnesses
39
The Pull to Affiliate and Allegiance Effects
40
The Push–Pull Technique
41
Qualifications and Expertise
42
Report Matters
43
The Rumpelstiltskin Principle
44
Saying “I Don’t Know” Versus Waffling
45
Socialization During the Trial
46
Staying Current
47
Theatrical and Outlandish Attorneys
48
Transformative Moments
49
Uninvolved and Inept Attorneys
50
Using Quiet Times
51
Vigorous Cross-Examinations and Vigorous Answers
52
The Well-Dressed Witness
53
When It Is Over
54
Worst Testifying Experiences
55
Your Expertise Used Against You
References
Index
About the Author