Ring, Sinéad (2012) Due Process and the Admission of Expert Evidence on Recovered Memory in Historic Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Lessons from America. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 16 (1). pp. 66-92. ISSN 1365-7127. (doi:10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.392) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33235)
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| Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.392 |
Abstract
This article reviews the decisions of the US state courts on the admissi-
bility of expert testimony on recovered memory in historic child sexual abuse
prosecutions. Unlike their English and Irish counterparts, most US courts
scrutinise the reliability of expert evidence on recovered memory. In examining
the US decisions the article explores the challenges posed to the criminal
process by the contested scientific status of recovered memory theory. It sets out
due process arguments why expert evidence on the topic should not be
admitted in a criminal trial.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.392 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Expert evidence; Recovered memory; Due process; Historic child sexual abuse prosecutions; the United States; Ireland; England and Wales; Law Commission |
| Subjects: | K Law |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Slowe |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2013 12:02 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:16 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33235 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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