R v Leonboyer: The role of expert witnesses in psychological blow automatism cases

H Wells, P Wilson - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Automatism is a defence in criminal violence that raises some critical issues about the role of
the expert witness in the determination of guilt and innocence. The recent Australian case of …

Reform of diminished responsibility in New South Wales

G Cumes - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The law in New South Wales by which murder may be reduced to manslaughter through the
defence of diminished responsibility has been reformed by the Crimes Amendment …

The admissibility of expert evidence of mental disorder in criminal law and the application of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

G Cumes - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
The Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)(hereafter EA) commenced on 1 September 1995. The Act
sought to clarify and reform complex rules of evidence including the rules relating to the …

[PDF][PDF] PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR FORENSIC ASSESS-MENT AND REPORTING FROM THE PCP PERSPECTIVE: A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.

B Warren - Personal Construct Theory and Practice, 2008 - Citeseer
The legal systems with which psychologists in Australia, the UK and North America are
familiar, and in which they may work as 'expert witnesses', that is,'common law'countries …

Offenders with personality disorder

PC Gaughwin - 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Offenders with Personality Disorder tends to support that view, especially in relation to
offenders with lifelong antisocial personality disorders. As such, it could be used by those …