Word: psychologists
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Sequestration is always difficult, notes psychologist Valerie Hans, author of Judging the Jury. But the O.J. jurors have been subjected to "one of the most intrusive juror questionnaires I have ever seen. It asked many private questions.'' Watching fellow jurors being investigated and dismissed--in one case the juror's hotel room was searched--has only exacerbated the panel's feeling that they have lost their privacy and, like O.J., are under arrest. Says noted defense attorney Leslie Abramson: "They're being guarded by people who are used to treating everyone like prisoners. They need crisis counseling.'' But, adds Abramson...
Relying primarily on the statements of the friends and attorneys(and a psychologist hired by her attorney to exonerate her in court), the "pro-reform" elements see a Gina Grant who has been reformed into a model citizen. On the other side stand the "law-and-order" people who look at the brutality of the case and the lack of documented physical abuse. They see not a self-made honors student but a self-made orphan...
Pizer is a psychologist and psychoanalyst whosaid yesterday that he has worked with people whohave been victims of family violence and parentalemotional abuse...
...victims' rights movement has its own risks. Professor Robert Mosteller of Duke University Law School is worried that some survivors may be worse off if they come into court and see a defendant get a light sentence. And even those who favor court appearances caution against unrealistic expectations. Observes psychologist Dean Kilpatrick of the Medical University of South Carolina: "There is a tendency for victims to think, 'Once it goes to court, it's over.' But it's not over. Being the victim of a violent crime changes your life...
...psychologist and author of "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing" was the guest speaker for the third annual Karen Stone Lecture, sponsored jointly by the Psychology Department and the Smart Family Foundation...