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Narrative Edge : A Guide for Social Worker Expert Witnesses.

Bullis, Ronald K.

Narrative Edge : A Guide for Social Worker Expert Witnesses. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages)

Front -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- A Day of Court: Testimony as Theater -- The Nine Deadly Assumptions About Narratives and the Social Work Expert Witness -- From the Couch to the Courtroom- Valuing Forensic Narratives -- The Perfect Storm of Expert Testimony: Neuroscience, Narrative Research, and New Law -- Forensic Narratives and the Power of the Story -- Metaphors, Similes, Myths, Archetypes, and Compelling Expert Testimony -- Fostering Forensic Rapport and Demeanor -- Case Studies and Illustrations of Narrative Expert Testimony -- Ethics Is not a Separate Thing. It Is the Crucial Thing. -- Keeping the Point of the Story Sharp -- References -- Glossary of Legal and Forensic Narrative Terms -- State Statutes Controlling Expert Testimony -- INDEX -- About the Author.

9780872931626


Evidence, Expert -- United States.
Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.


Electronic books.

KF8961 -- .B85 2013eb

347.73/67

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