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Sexual Harassment: What Forensic Clinical Psychologists Need from Social Scientists

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Forensic clinical psychologists who conduct evaluations and present expert testimony in sexual harassment cases must have some familiarity with the scientific literature about sexual harassment. However, these experts frequently discover that the social science research related to sexual harassment provides little in the way of tools or data that are directly applicable to the evaluation of plaintiffs in sexual harassment litigation. This article addresses that issue and offers suggestions to social science researchers that may improve the utility of sexual harassment research in the litigation of sexual harassment cases.

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Foote, W.E. Sexual Harassment: What Forensic Clinical Psychologists Need from Social Scientists. Psychol. Inj. and Law 9, 253–264 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-016-9266-2

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