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Whores of the Court by Margaret A. Hagen (1997, Hardcover) 
Whores of the Court by Margaret A. Hagen (1997, Hardcover)

 
Whores of the Court by Margaret A. Hagen (1997, Hardcover)

Publisher: Harpercollins
Publication Date: 1997-02-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0060391979
ISBN-13: 9780060391973
Product ID: EPID397651
Description: A merciless critique of the industry that has grown up around highly paid expert witnesses who give psychiatric testimony in various civil and criminal trials.
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Synopsis
A merciless critique of the industry that has grown up around highly paid expert witnesses who give psychiatric testimony in various civil and criminal trials.

Details
Publication Date:1997-02-01

Size
Length:338 pages
Height:9.8 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:23.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Lawyers often refer to them as "prostitutes" or "whores". They are the growing ranks of clinical psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals who give expert testimony in our courtrooms today. And in far too many cases their testimony - on subjects as varied as determination of competency, dangerousness, parental fitness, custody, personal injury, memory, sentencing, and rehabilitation - helps determine the final verdict. Now, in this provocative and well-researched book, Margaret Hagen, Ph.D., reveals how expert psychological testimony is a total fraud, showing how the courts have increasingly embraced not a cutting-edge science but, instead, a discipline that represents a terrifying retreat into fantasy and hearsay; a discipline propelled by powerful propaganda, arrogance, and greed. There are now thousands of self-styled soul doctors running amok in our courts, bedazzled by spectacular fees and wielding unchecked power and influence in the courtroom.

This title is a scathing expose of the fraud inherent in the use of 'expert' psychological testimony in the courtroom.

Industry Reviews
"With righteous wrath and devastating wit, Hagen punctures the inflated claims of much expert testimony....This sweeping critique should stir national debate."
Prizel

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