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A Pilot Rasch Scaling of Lawyers' Perceptions of Expert Bias

Frank M. Dattilio, Michael Lamport Commons, Kathryn Marie Adams, Thomas G. Gutheil and Robert L. Sadoff
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2006, 34 (4) 482-491;
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vol. 34 no. 4 482-491
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17185478

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  • Published online December 21, 2006.

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  1. Frank M. Dattilio, PhD,
  2. Michael Lamport Commons, PhD,
  3. Kathryn Marie Adams, BS,
  4. Thomas G. Gutheil, MD and
  5. Robert L. Sadoff, MD
  1. Dr. Dattilio is Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and Clinical Associate in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Commons is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. At the time of this study, Ms. Adams was Research Associate, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA. Dr. Gutheil is Professor of Psychiatry and Co‐Founder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, BIDMC Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Sadoff is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Center for Studies in Socio‐Legal Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. This study was funded by a general grant awarded through the Pennsylvania Bar Institute to the first author
  1. Address correspondence to: Frank M. Dattilio, PhD, 1251 S. Cedar Crest Boulevard, Suite 304‐D, Allentown, PA 18103. E‐mail: frankdattilio{at}cs.com

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