Clinical Guide: Court Testimony

As promised, a clinical guide on issues related to testimony. Please let me know if I have left something out and it can be added in. Every attempt will be made to update this guide on a regular basis.

From FHO:

10 Things: Observations from Court

10 Things: Testimony

Testifying to an Opinion: A Flow Chart

Ethical and Effective Testimony (archived webinar for SAFEta)

10 Things: The FHO Expert Witness Bill of Rights

Physician Expert Testimony (Medscape article)

When There is No Science To Support Your Opinion

Monographs

The Role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases [PDF] (J. Markowitz)

Introducing Expert Testimony to Explain Victim Behavior in Sexual and Domestic Violence Prosecutions [PDF] (J. Long)

A Prosecutor’s Reference–Medical Evidence and the Role of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in Cases Involving Adult Victims [PDF] (J. Markowitz)

Articles (full-text and abstracts)

Andrew, L. B. (2006). Expert witness testimony: the ethics of being a medical expert witness. Emergency Medical Clinics of North America, 24(3), 715-31.

Campbell, R., Long, S. M., Townsend, S. M., Kinnison, K. E., Pulley, E. M., Adames, S. B., & Wasco, S. M. (2007). Sexual assault nurse examiners’ experiences providing expert witness court testimony. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 3(1), 7-14.

Canaff, R. (2009). Nobility in objectivity: A prosecutor’s case for neutrality in forensic nursing. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 5(2), 89-96.

Cashman, D. P., & Benak, L. D. (2007). Preparing staff for testimony in sexual assault cases. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 3(1), 47-9.

Committee on Medical Liability and Risk Management (2009). Expert witness participation in civil and criminal proceedings. Pediatrics, 124(1), 428-38. (FULL-TEXT)

Davies, J. (2005). Admissibility of scientific evidence in courts. Medicine and Law, 24(2), 243-57.

Ellison, L. (2005). Closing the credibility gap: The prosecutorial use of expert witness testimony in sexual assault cases. The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 9, 239-268. (FULL-TEXT)

Koehler, S. A. (2009). Types and roles of a witness. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 5(3), 180-2.

Ledray, L. E., & Barry, L. (1998). SANE expert and factual testimony. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 24(3), 284-7.

Lonsway, K. (2005, March). The use of expert witnesses in cases involving sexual assault.

Masten, J., & Strzelczyk , J. J. (2001). Admissibility of scientific evidence post-daubert. Health Physics, 81(6), 678-82.

Moreno, J.A. (2013). What do pediatric healthcare experts really need to know about Daubert and the rules of evidence? Pediatric Radiology, 43(2), 135-9. [Note: this is an interesting opinion piece on a very specific area of law related to abusive head trauma, supporting the findings in this excellent article. Those of you working with AHT should check out both. Free full-text available for each.]

Recupero, P. R. (2008). Clinical practice guidelines as learned treatises: understanding their use as evidence in the courtroom. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 36(3), 290-301.

Shelton, D. E. (2008). The CSI effect: Does it really exist? National Institute of Justice Journal , 259, 1-7.

Wasarhaley, N.E., Simcic, T.A, & Golding, J.M. (2012). Mock juror perception of sexual assault nurse examiner testimony. Violence & Victimization, 27(4), 500-11.

Wong, J.B., Gostin, L.O., & Cabrera, O.A. (2011). Reference guide on medical testimony. In National Research Council’s Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence: Third Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press

Yorker , B. C., & Kelley, S. (2003). Case law regarding nurses as expert witnesses in child abuse. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 24(6-7), 639-45.

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