Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony

<p>Featuring<i> </i>in-depth interviews of attorneys judges and seasoned forensic experts from multiple disciplines including psychology medicine economics history and neuropsychology <i>The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony </i>highlights and offers bridges for the areas where the needs and expectations of the courtroom collide with experts’ communication habits developed over years of academic and professional training. </p><p>Rather than seeing testimony as a one-way download from expert to jurors <i>The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony </i>focuses on the direct dynamic unique communication relationship that develops as each juror’s lived experience interacts with the words of experts on the stand. This book expands the academic tradition of methods-centered credibility to also include person-centered credibility where warmth confidence and relentless attention to detail build trust with jurors. Seasoned forensic experts share what they actually say on the stand: their best strategies and techniques for disrupting traditional academic communication and creating access to science and professional opinions with vivid clear language and strong visuals. The difficult but necessary emotional work of the courtroom is addressed with specific techniques to regulate emotions in order to maintain person-centered credibility and keep the needs of jurors front and center through cross-examination. </p><p>This innovative compilation of research is essential reading for professionals and practitioners such as physicians engineers accountants and scientists that may find themselves experts in a courtroom. <i>The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony </i>provides a unique experience for readers akin to being personally mentored by over eighty-five attorneys judges and seasoned experts as they share their observations insights and strategies—not to win as a defense prosecution or plaintiff expert but to be productive in helping jurors and other triers of fact do their difficult intellectual job in deciding a case.</p>