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 Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:40 pm |
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Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of
American Justice
January 13, 1997 Publishers Weekly, Review of Whores of the Court. . .
"Boston University psychology professor, Margaret A. Hagen, delivers a
damning indictment of the psychologizing - and undermining - of the American
legal system through judges' and juries' reliance on the well-paid testimony
of self-styled psychological experts. Spouting what often amounts to
unscientific, unsubstantiated psychobabble, these 'whores of the court,'she
charges, be they psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists or others,
often determine whether murderers and rapists are competent to stand trial,
whether a batterer will be viewed as likely to offend again after receiving
therapy, whether a person experienced mental injury at the hand of a
neighbor or an unfeeling institution, whether recovered memories of alleged
traumas are genuine. With righteous wrath and devastating wit, Hagen
punctures the inflated claims of much expert testimony. She blames liberal
and feminist lawyers and apologist psychologists for what she claims is the
courts' tendency to exonerate perpetrators of crimes on the grounds that
they are victims of mental illness, dysfunctional families or economically
disadvantaged backgrounds. This sweeping critique should stir national
debate."
Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of
American Justice (Hardcover)
by Margaret A. Hagen (Author)
(7 customer reviews)
15 Feb 2007, 13:43
Psychiatrists on death list
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1645146.ece
(People convicted on the basis of testimony that included the testimony of
forensic psychiatrists created a death list consisting of 4 forensic
psychiatrists and a prison warden.)
"It started in 1998. Several of those at Ila were furious. They felt
humiliated by the forensic psychiatrists. The legal observations were
interpreted as made to order jobs for the police," |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:12 pm |
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"Linda" <indomitable2@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:UG2Bh.2509$tD2.2483@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Quote: Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of
American Justice
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Oh, Linda, I am soooo glad you like Dr. Hagen. She had some wonderful
things to say about false memory syndromes, kind of contrary to your
preaching and ranting. But hey, you probably changed your mind.
Nice of you to unknowingly support and recommend somebody who you have
previously slammed.
Whoot! HARFUL!!
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