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Contents Acknowledgments I. INTRODUCTION 1. What This Book Is About 2. A Beginning Point: Ten Things You May Not Know About Testifying II. TESTIMONY: NARRATIVE AND STYLE TELLING A CLEAR AND COMPELLING STORY 3. Bridges 1: Telling a Story on the Stand 4. Bridges 2: Narrative Techniques for Courtroom Testimony 5. More Yin, Less Yang 6. Imagery to Reduce Anxiety 7. Reversals 8. Position and Alignment 9. Witness Preparation and Videotape Feedback 10. Hypercorrrect and Personal Speech 11. Metaphors in Testimony OBSTACLES AND PITFALLS 12. Pretentiousness meant 13. Overconfidence 14. Smug and They Don't Know It 15. Suspicion-Evoking Behavior 16. Visible Displays of Emotion: 1 17. Visible Displays of Emotion: 2 18. Repetitions 19. Pocket Men and Quarterbacks 20. Defining Moments 21. Trivial Revenge 22. Lies CROSS-EXAMINATION ATTACKS AND BULLYING 23. Anticipate Tactics of the Adversarial Attorney 24. Bullying Attorneys 25. Involuntary Disclosures of Forensic Self 26. Gendered Invasions of Witness Privacy 27. Physical Threats 28. Ingratiation III. EXPERTISE AND BASES FOR TESTIMONY PROFESSIONAL DILEMMAS AND BOUNDARIES 29. Transcripts of Problem Depositions 30. When Unprepared 31. Translations 32. Empathy Dilemmas 33. Headline Testimony 34. Distrusting Experts 35. Lawyer Intrusions 36. Clear Boundaries of Testimony 37. (Not) Offering Advice 38. Token Experts 39. Expert Panels ATTORNEY EXTRAPOLATIONS AND DEMANDS 40. Yes or No Demands 41. Clients Next Door 42. More Pulls To Extrapolate 43. Echo Effects in Cross-Examinations 44. Familiar Presentation of Famous Studies 45. Highly Paid, Well-Known Experts 46. Surprise Demands CLARITY AND FOCUS 47. The Tough and Tangential Cross-Examination 48. Data Errors 49. Cross-Examination About Tests 50. Sexual Predator Testimony: 1: Principles 51. Sexual Predator Testimony 2: Challenges to the Construct 52. Actuarial Testimony References About the Author
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Evidence, Expert United States, Cross-examination United States