TY - JOUR
T1 - The forensic expert witness-An issue of competency
AU - Hiss, Jehuda
AU - Freund, Maya
AU - Kahana, Tzipi
PY - 2007/5/24
Y1 - 2007/5/24
N2 - Scientists submitting expert opinions within the legal system are expected to be knowledgeable in the forensic aspects of their particular science, as well as to be ethical and unbiased. Scientists are seldom able to decline a request to provide an expert opinion in their field, even when their forensic expertise is minimal. The competence of scientists providing expert opinions in forensic cases is reviewed here. Three examples of the perils of uninformed "expertise" in forensic biology, medicine and anthropology are presented.
AB - Scientists submitting expert opinions within the legal system are expected to be knowledgeable in the forensic aspects of their particular science, as well as to be ethical and unbiased. Scientists are seldom able to decline a request to provide an expert opinion in their field, even when their forensic expertise is minimal. The competence of scientists providing expert opinions in forensic cases is reviewed here. Three examples of the perils of uninformed "expertise" in forensic biology, medicine and anthropology are presented.
KW - Expert witness
KW - Forensic anthropology
KW - Forensic biology
KW - Forensic medicine
KW - Professional competence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247241591&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.004
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C2 - 16842948
AN - SCOPUS:34247241591
SN - 0379-0738
VL - 168
SP - 89
EP - 94
JO - Forensic Science International
JF - Forensic Science International
IS - 2-3
ER -