Author:
Jarvis George K.,Boldt Menno,Butt John
Abstract
ABSTRACT: An experimental study of medical examiners in Alberta, Canada, produced manner of death determinations from simulated cases (vignettes) in order to examine interexaminer variation in certification judgments. Characteristics of medical examiners such as experience, residence, and religious background were investigated. The influence of victim characteristics was also examined, including race, age, gender, marital status, cause of death, and the presence of alcohol. Experience, residence, and religion of examiner were found to be related to judgments as were gender, medical cause of death, and the presence of alcohol.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Clinical Psychology
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