[Decision of German Supreme Court on July 30, 1999 relating to scientific evidence requirements for psychological expert opinion with respect to credibility of testimony and its consequences for future expert consultation].
Basically nothing has been changed by this significant, clarifying, establishing and, most important, determining decision of the Highest Federal Court concerning the specific methods long since applied by experts in the field of deciding whether or not a testimony is believeable. None the less such a decision through the higher courts was obviously long overdue because numerous opinions of experts utilized in court cases were reached by applying methods not free of fault. The psychological evaluation of the content of truth in a testimony in cases of sexual abuse will therefore still be established with help of a methodical procedure of steps made under the assumption that statements pertaining to personal experiences differ in quality from those resulting from imagination in their characteristics of reality.
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Institut für Entwicklungspsychologie, Sozialpsychologie und Methoden der Psychologie, Freien Universität, Berlin.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*
Das Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs vom 30. Juli 1999 zur Frage der wissenschaftlichen Anforderungen an aussagepsychologische Begutachtungen (Glaubhaftigkeitsgutachten) und die Folgen für die Sachverständigentätigkeit.