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Lets Talk About Sex (and Gender) in the Courtroom


Course Description
Gender affects all aspects of the legal process. Women and men exhibit significantly different patterns in criminal  activity. Gender impacts those who practice law, from attorneys to juries and judges For example, female attorneys are much more likely to report exclusion from networking opportunities and inappropriate interactions from male attorneys and judges. Gender also impacts the forensic psychiatrist, both in the evaluation process and in how  forensic psychiatrist is perceived by the court system. Gender also affects the work of expert witnesses. Women are more likely to perform a more limited range of expert evaluations and gender may play a role in whether or
not expert witnesses are retained. This panel discussion will explore aspects of gender in the courtroom, with a particular emphasis on sources of biases as the result of gender. Topics discussed will include how gender impacts the expert witness and the trier of fact as well as judicial decision-making.

Speakers
Nina Ross, MD
Jacqueline Landess, MD, JDI
Aimee Kaempf, MD
Kathleen Kruse, MD
Cathleen A. Cerny-Suelzer, MD


Accreditation Statement

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Learning Objectives
Participants will understand how gender of the expert witness, trier of fact and/or person charged with a crime impacts legal decision-making and outcomes.

Disclosure
All meeting planners, Program and Education Committee Members, in control of content for the meeting have signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.

All presenters (Nina Ross, MD, Jacqueline Landess, MD, JDI, Aimee Kaempf, MD, Kathleen Kruse, MD, and Cathleen A. Cerny-Suelzer, MD) have also signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.