Child Abuse
The Law and Expert Evidence
Seiten
2001
Butterworths Law (Verlag)
978-0-406-04980-3 (ISBN)
Butterworths Law (Verlag)
978-0-406-04980-3 (ISBN)
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Medical evidence of child abuse is an expanding area in both medicine and the law. This book is a practitioner text, approaching the subject from a medico-legal point of view, and is intended to assist the lawyer in both civil and criminal proceedings.
Medical evidence of child abuse is an important area in both medicine and law. This book approaches the subject from a medico-legal point of view and assists the lawyer in both civil and criminal proceedings. It examines the legal and medical approaches to truth and how child abuse affects the family. It also deals with the importance of the evidence presented by the medical practitioner and discusses the relevance of medical, physical and psychiatric evidence in sexual and non-sexual abuse. It intended for the lawyer who is faced with a potential case of child abuse and who must be able to understand and weigh up the evidence, instruct the medical expert and conduct proper and effective cross-examination.
Medical evidence of child abuse is an important area in both medicine and law. This book approaches the subject from a medico-legal point of view and assists the lawyer in both civil and criminal proceedings. It examines the legal and medical approaches to truth and how child abuse affects the family. It also deals with the importance of the evidence presented by the medical practitioner and discusses the relevance of medical, physical and psychiatric evidence in sexual and non-sexual abuse. It intended for the lawyer who is faced with a potential case of child abuse and who must be able to understand and weigh up the evidence, instruct the medical expert and conduct proper and effective cross-examination.
The Law in civil cases. The civil process. The criminal process. The role of the local authority. The role of the Official Solicitor. The role of the panel and Guardian ad Litem. Good practice for experts and those instructing experts. The evidence of treating medical practitioners. The expert witness and the advocate's view. The expert witness and the child psychiatrist's view. Medical and physical evidence in child abuse. The family and emotional abuse. Psychological and psychosexual evidence of maltreatment. Psychiatric evidence in sexual and non-sexual abuse. The role of trauma in children's testimony. The effect of abuse on development. The evidence of perpetrators of child abuse.
| Verlagsort | London |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 248 mm |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin |
| Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-406-04980-7 / 0406049807 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-406-04980-3 / 9780406049803 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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