) Expert witnesses are paid for their testimony by either the prosecution or the defense. In your opinion, what ethical problems, if any, does this common practice raise? What role does cross-examination play in limiting any potential problems with partisan expert witnesses?
2) Instructions: Read the following classic selection: Howard Becker's Becoming a Marijuana User. Explain how differential association and social learning theories apply to the example presented by Becker. What particular aspects of the theories do you see in the study?
