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Article: Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge.(Book Review)
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Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge
Bruce D. Sales Daniel W. Shuman American Psychological Association www.apa.org 162 pp., $49.95
In 1993, the older brother of experimental psychologist Margaret Hagen faced a $3.4 million lawsuit. A daughter of the brother's former girlfriend alleged--on the basis of recovered memories--that Hagen's brother had sexually abused her 20 years earlier. According to Hagen, half a dozen psychological experts who had never even met her brother testified that the daughter suffered from mental disorders caused by his abuse. The defense team countered with its own parade of psychologists, who ...