Psychological & Scientific Evidence in Criminal Trials, 2022 ed.

Psychological & Scientific Evidence in Criminal Trials provides a complete and detailed analysis of its subject matter through all stages of a criminal trial. The text presents a review of states' decisions on psychological and scientific evidence and includes pointers for defense attorneys and prosecutors on:

• Preserving records

• Challenging evidence

• Handling experts

• Avoiding pitfalls

• The admissibility of psychological and scientific evidence • Insanity defenses

• Mental illness and treatments

• Psychological syndromes such as Battered Woman Syndrome, Child Sexual Abuse Syndrome, and Rape Trauma Syndrome

• DNA evidence

• Science of memory, including eyewitness identification, repressed memory, and hypnosis

• Checklists that ensure thoroughness and accuracy

• Direct- and cross-examination samples

• Table of cases