Forensic Ethics and the Expert Witness

By Robert Weinstock and Philip J. Candilis

Book Overview

Ethics and the Expert Witness intends to address ethical problems common to all forms of medial and psychiatric testimony and uses case studies from various specialty areas - medical ethics, law, and psychiatry.

The three major sections of the work are as follows: Framing the ethical difficulties that expert witnesses frequently encounter when appearing in court; developing current understanding of forensic moral theory by identifying the role it plays in guiding moral theory; integrating theory and practice by using the debate surrounding the role of expert testimony in death penalty cases. This book would benefit forensic psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, attorneys, administrative/disability experts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387353801
• ISBN13: 9780387353807
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"