Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

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EXAMINING THE COURT'S PERSPECTIVE: LEGAL PROFESSIONALS' PERCEPTIONS AND PREFERENCES OF EXPERT TESTIMONY.

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It updates a stale evidence base on what the audience for forensic testimony actually wants, and documents a cross-border divergence in professional preference that bears on retention and on how a report is framed for a given bench. It changes no obligation and no claim an evaluator can defend as valid; it describes consumer preference, from a self-selected sample of 132, so it informs presentation rather than method.

Int J Law Psychiatry. 2026;108:102248.