Unloading the hired gun: Inoculation effects in expert witness testimony
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- 作者：Mitchell H. Ziemke ; Stanley L. Brodsky
- 关键词：Expert witness ; Testimony ; Inoculation ; Persuasion ; Hired gun
- 刊名：International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：September-December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：42-43
- 期：Complete
- 页码：91-97
- 全文大小：274 K
文摘
The current study investigated the efficacy of inoculation as a trial strategy designed to counter mock jurors' perceptions that an expert is a hired gun in a criminal trial. The effect of narrative and fragmented expert responses to cross-examination questions was also examined. The significant results were that not using inoculation led to higher ratings of expert knowledge compared to other conditions. Response style did not make a difference in the criminal setting. Implications of these results regarding “hired gun” expert witnesses and courtroom persuasion are discussed.