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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"Jurors"”.
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Jurors' perceptions of child witnesses with disabilities
… and judicial process, studies have shown that jurors find children less credible witnesses than adults (Goodman & Bottoms, 1993). It has also been suggested that prosecutors are less likely to prosecute a case that involves a child with a disability (Perry & Wrightsman, 1991). The purpose of …
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Jurors' Perceptions of Gender Differences in Expert Witness Testimony
<p>Recently, there have been clinical psychologists appearing in court to testify as expert witnesses. However, the use of psychology in the legal system has a history dating back to Thucydides in the fifth century B.C. The early focus of psychology was on the determination of insanity. Later, eye …
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Mock jurors’ perceptions of children testifying via a language interpreter
… testimony resulted in differences in how mock jurors perceived young witnesses, the interviewer, and interview as a whole. For example, youth who testified via a language interpreter were rated as calmer and more comfortable with the interviewer than in typical interviews. The current study has …
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Mock Jurors' Recommended Sentences for Perpetrators who have Traumatic Experiences
… on the severity of the sentence that mock jurors would recommend for that perpetrator. The mock jurors’ trait empathy, Belief in a Just World, and their own traumatic experiences were assessed to determine whether these characteristics could account for the variation in recommended …
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Knowledge updating in jurors : cognitive load affects juror decision making.
Mock jurors read a trial summary describing the armed robbery of a convenience store and rendered a verdict. Then, half of the jurors viewed an exculpatory videotape of the robbery; the remaining jurors completed an unrelated task. All jurors voted again. Those who watched the video were less …
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Mock jurors' perceptions of "I don't know" answers in child testimony
… examined the impact of using this strategy on jurors’ perceptions of child witness credibility. The present study assessed 702 mock jurors’ perceptions of a 4- or 10-year-old child witness in a fabricated sexual assault trial transcript. Number of “don’t know” responses were manipulated, and …
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Understanding How Jurors Award Civil Damages: A Test of Affect Control Theory
… damage awards among 377 juror eligible mock jurors. Citizens reporting for jury duty in a large metropolitan county on five days when the study was conducted were invited to participate. Scenarios were created that varied both case facts and witness emotion during trial testimony. Results …
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Misguided Instructions: Do Jurors Accurately Understand the Law in Death Penalty Trials?
… sentencing instructions. More specifically, jurors frequently misunderstand or misinterpret State patterned instructions. On a more encouraging note, there is evidence that comprehension of jury instructions can be improved. Thus, this research assessed improvement in juror comprehension …
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A duty to participate : a dramaturg's approach to Twelve Angry Jurors.
… 2022 Baylor Theatre production of Twelve Angry Jurors. It explores the playwright's life and work, and the history of the development of the script from which we worked. It then details my role as the dramaturg in this process while explaining theory of dramaturgical practice.
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Jurors' evaluations of the effect of clothing on the credibility of female attorneys
… impressions of the attorney's credibility to jurors in Montgomery County, Virginia. The study involved a comparative analysis of various colors/color combinations, silhouettes, and interior design lines of courtroom apparel to determine which garments and components thereof most often convey …
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Impact of Class-based Prejudice toward Defendants and Victims on Mock Jurors' Decision-Making
… analyses. Results of Study 1 showed that mock jurors, regardless of their own social class, are biased against upper class defendants who are described as representing a realistic threat to the community. This bias is not apparent when there is no threat or a symbolic threat. The justification …
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Criminally responsible or insane? the influence of jurors' concept of self toward the insanity defense
… investigator examined the relationship between jurors' locus of control and verdict. Three hypothetical insanity cases were constructed: mental illness, mental retardation, and drug intoxication, and were randomly distributed to 96 graduate students from a mid- Atlantic university. Participants …
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The Influence of Racial and Crime Stereotypes on Jurors' Representations of Trial Evidence and Verdict Decisions
<p>Past research has shown that jurors tend to make more severe culpability judgments when defendants are charged with crimes that are associated with their racial group (e.g., Jones & Kaplan, 2013). Although the Story Model (e.g., Pennington & Hastie, 1988) has received much empirical support and …
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Mock jurors' judgements of the victim, crime and defendant as a function of victim race and deliberation
… that extra-legal variables often affect jurors' judgements and improperly influence their decision-making. Examples of extra-legal variables include the personal attributes of trial participants, e.g., the victim's physical attractiveness, socio-economic status, and age. Studies conducted …
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To Conform or Not to Conform: An Examination of the Effects of Mock Jury Deliberation on Individual Jurors
… to occur. Questions about the formation of jurors’ individual and collective decisions have stimulated a great deal of interest and research. This study is a review of the juror decision-making process and the various sources of influence that can affect it. Mock jurors were asked to review …
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