The Anthropologist as Expert Witness
Dados Bibliográficos
AUTOR(ES) | |
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ANO | 1977 |
TIPO | Artigo |
PERIÓDICO | American Anthropologist |
ISSN | 0002-7294 |
E-ISSN | 0002-7294 |
EDITORA | Wiley (United States) |
DOI | 10.1525/aa.1977.79.3.02a00020 |
CITAÇÕES | 26 |
ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
MD5 |
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Resumo
Anthropologists representing each of the subfields of the discipline have appeared as expert witnesses in a wide range of legal cases. Their appearance raises a number of significant questions about the appropriateness of anthropological knowledge to adversary proceedings, and poses difficult ethical problems for the participant and the profession. The present article reviews a series of cases in which anthropologists have served as expert witnesses and proposes a set of recommended standards and reforms for this activity. [ethics, expert testimony, legal anthropology, American society, applied anthropology]