Wrongful Conviction Expert Witnesses
Wrongful conviction expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on wrongful conviction. The wrongful conviction expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Police Practices & Procedures, Premises Liability, and Security.
Chief Chet Epperson (Ret.), M.B.A. AGR Police Practice Group, LLC
Rockford, Illinois
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Use of Force, Police Shootings, Officer-Involved Shooting, Excessive Force, Wrongful Conviction, Risk Management, Police Complaint Investigation, Deadly Force, Internal Investigation, Police Policy Practices, Police Tactics, Arrest
Author and police use of force and police practice expert. President, Americans for Effective Law Enforcement (AELE). Formed in 1966, AELE is a research driven educational organization that produces and disseminates legal information through traditional seminars, via electronic media and direct contact. Experienced 42-year police professional in areas of use of force, internal affairs, officer-involved shootings, supervision, wrongful convictions, practice, policy, discipline, mental health, auditing, staffing analysis, organizational assessments, investigations, and training. 34-years as an active law enforcement officer and 10 of those years as chief of police of a 340 sworn/ non-sworn municipal police department. On-going experience for the past 7-years as a police practice consultant providing Federal Court-Appointed expertise in police Consent Decrees and a United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Police Consultant regarding police use of force. Expert in...
Kevin F. Gotham, Ph.D., CPP Investigative Criminology Security Consulting (ICSC), LLC
New Orleans, Louisiana
Premises Liability, Security
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Crime Foreseeability, Standards of Care, Proximate Causation Analysis, Negligent Hiring and Retention and Training, Police and Corrections Practices, Workplace Violence, Wrongful Conviction, CPTED, Environmental Criminology, Security - Apartments, Parking, Hotels, Shopping Malls, Bars/Taverns
Security, Premises Liability - Knowledge, Skill, Experience, Training, Education:
• Ph.D. in Sociology (1997, University of Kansas)
• Board Certified in Security Management (Certified Protection Professional (CPP) by American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) International
• Over 20 years of university teaching experience
• Over 10 years of experience in information security/asset protection via member of Tulane University Social-Behavioral Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Author of over 100 peer-reviewed academic publications and book chapters
• Author of five books including Practicing Forensic Criminology (Academic Press, 2019)
• Former National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Officer (2006-2008)
• Recipient of $2 million in NSF funding to support research activities
