| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/05/02/03/01 |
| Title | Under Oath - Expert Testimony: Developing Witness Skills - A Training Package |
| Date | 1991-1999 |
| Extent | 1 file (4 folders) |
| Physical Description | 4 folders |
| Description | Correspondence, proposals, budgets, draft and shooting scripts, marketing, meetings and reports of a video based training programme to assist the professional and expert witness in court. The content was written by David Carson and Ray Bull. There were four modules 'Bearing True Witness', 'Presenting Yourself', 'Preparing Your Evidence' and 'Being Cross-Examined'. There was also a self help guide and the project was a joint endeavour of the British Psychological Society BPS and World Wide Group who initially approached the Home Office and Prison Service to fund the project but then decided to fund the project themselves. The package was launched on 26 October 1994 at the Institute of Personnel and Development exhibition in Harrogate.
[See PHO/002/02/01/02 for video of published version 1994.] |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File of Stephen White Director of Information |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | PHO/002/02/01/02 BPS Expert Testimony skills training videos1994-1997
BPS/001/11/03/01/13 BPS Press Releases 1994-1995
BPS/001/11/04/02/06/05 Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Scotland |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/11/04/02/06/05 |
| PHO/002/02/01/02 |
| BPS/001/11/03/01/13 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Training |
| Public Relations |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| BPS/GB/500 | White; Stephen Grant (1949-2010); Director of Information | 1949-2010 |