PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Susan Hatters Friedman
AU  - Cathleen A. Cerny
AU  - Sherif Soliman
AU  - Sara G. West
TI  - Reel Forensic Experts: Forensic Psychiatrists as Portrayed on Screen
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 412--417
VI  - 39
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/39/3/412.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/39/3/412.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2011 Sep 01; 39
AB  - The lay public is much more likely to have encountered a forensic psychiatrist on television or in the movies than to have encountered a real one. Thus, by way of popular culture, the jury's perceptions and expectations of forensic expert witnesses may have been formed long before they take the stand. We describe a typology of five categories of forensic experts portrayed in fiction: Dr. Evil, The Professor, The Hired Gun, The Activist, and the Jack of All Trades. As art imitates life, these categories (aside from Dr. Evil) mirror real-life criticisms that have been made about forensic experts.