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Rix's expert psychiatric evidence
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- Book Synopsis
- Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence is a resource manual and guide for psychiatrists who provide expert testimony. It covers the entire expert psychiatric witness journey, from training and negotiation of instructions, through medicolegal assessment, report preparation, experts' meetings and joint statements, and conferences with counsel, to giving evidence in court along with advice on keeping up to date. Introductory chapters include essential information on the law of expert evidence and the different procedures in the criminal, civil, family and coroners' courts. It now includes in depth information on all eight jurisdictions of the British Isles. It is richly illustrated with reported and unreported cases including many important ones from the previous ten years, particularly relating to vulnerable witnesses and defendants. The book is supplemented by a library of online letters, forms, a new format report template and other documents which can be downloaded and adapted by readers for their own use.
- About The Author
- Professor Keith Rix has been involved in the forensic field since the 1960's. He has been providing expert witness evidence for over 38 years. He is Visiting Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Chester, Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Lead, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781911623687
- Format
- Multiple-item retail product
- Publisher
- RCPsych Publications, (10 December 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 350
- Weight
- 860 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 240 x 160 x 23 mm
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