Expert Evidence and Criminal Jury Trials

Professor Ian Freckelton QC is a practising Queen's Counsel and a leading Australasian scholar on expert evidence. He is also a Professorial Fellow in Law and Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, an Adjunct Professor of Law and Forensic Medicine at Monash University, a Commissioner at the Victorian Law Reform Commission, and an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia. He has published over 500 peer reviewed articles and some 40 books. Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty is a Research Professor at Charles Sturt University in the School of Psychology and the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Manly Campus. She is a Past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law as well as a Past-President of the American Psychology-Law Society. Her research is supported by the Australian Research Council, the Australian Institute of Criminology, and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. She has trained both as a lawyer and an experimental psychologist. Dr Jacqueline Horan is a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School and the Lead Investigator in the study which is the subject of this book. Associate Professor Blake McKimmie is a social psychologist in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. He is a leading jury researcher and has published in the area of social cognition and group processes, with a particular focus on jury decision-making.

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