Due process and the admission of expert evidence on recovered memory in historic child sexual abuse cases: lessons from America

被引：2
作者：
Ring, Sinead [1 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Univ Ireland, Law, Galway, Ireland
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE & PROOF | 2012年 / 16卷 / 01期
关键词：
Expert evidence; Recovered memory; Due process; Historic child sexual abuse prosecutions; the United States; Ireland; England and Wales; Law Commission;
D O I：
10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.392
中图分类号：
D9 [法律]; DF [法律];
学科分类号：
0301 ;
摘要：
This article reviews the decisions of the US state courts on the admissibility 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.
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