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Table of Contents


	Introduction to the Second Edition	3
1	Admit-Deny	6
2	Burden of Proof and Degree of Certainty	10
3	Challenges to Experience: 1. Insufficient Experience	14
4	Challenges to Experience: 2. Case-Specific Experience	18
5	Challenges to Experience: 3. The Case Against Experience	21
6	Changing Your Mind	24
7	Child Sexual Abuse Testimony	27
8	Collateral Data	32
9	Courtroom as Place Identity	38
10	Credentialing	41
11	Culture	47
12	Diagnoses and Definitions	52
13	The Direct Examination	56
14	Disaster Relief	59
15	DSM Cautions	62
16	Examiner Effects	66
17	Feisty Experts: Witnesses Chiding Judges and Attorneys	71
18	Freud as an Expert Witness	76
19	Frittering Away Trustworthiness	82
20	The Hired Gun	88
21	The Historic Hysteric Gambit	91
22	Humor	95
23	Intimidation	99
24	Just Before the Court Appearance	104
25	Knowing When to Fold Them	107
26	Language of Testimony	111
27	The Learned Treatise Gambit	115
28	Listening Well	120
29	Malingering and Faking Good	123
30	Moving On	128
31	Narcissistic Experts	131
32	Negative Assertions	134
33	Perspective Taking	137
34	Power and Control on the Witness Stand	141
35	Predictable Answers	147
36	Probes for Guilt and Shame	151
37	Professional Witnesses and Professionalism	154
38	Psychotherapists as Expert Witnesses	157
39	The Pull to Affiliate and Allegiance Effects	161
40	The Push-Pull Technique	166
41	Qualifications and Expertise	170
42	Report Matters	173
43	The Rumpelstiltskin Principle	180
44	Saying �I Don�t Know� Versus Waffling	183
45	Socialization During the Trial	187
46	Staying Current	190
47	Theatrical and Outlandish Attorneys	194
48	Transformative Moments	197
49	Uninvolved and Inept Attorneys	203
50	Using Quiet Times	207
51	Vigorous Cross-Examinations and Vigorous Answers	210
52	The Well-Dressed Witness	216
53	When It Is Over	219
54	Worst Testifying Experiences	222
55	Your Expertise Used Against You	227
	References	230
	Index	239
	About the Author	251