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Sexual harassment jury instructions' effects on jury decisions
… the effect of reasonable standards on the jury's verdict in a sexual harassment lawsuit. One hundred and fifty seven participants (82 males, 74 females and 1 unidentified), ages ranging from 16 to 90, (M= 22.74) were randomly divided into juries (7 reasonable woman, 8 reasonable person, and …
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The Parallel Jury: Describing Its Processes and Procedures and Evaluating Its Effectiveness in Predicting Jury Verdicts
<p>Due to skepticism and fear surrounding jury trials, 99% of cases in the U.S. are settled and less than 1% make it to a jury trial (AO Reports, 2023). To address the uncertainty surrounding jury trials, which are nearing extinction, lawyers have relied on methods, like trial simulations to …
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The media's coverage of jury trials
… and extent of the print media's coverage of jury trials. A content analysis was conducted on the Los Angeles Times from 1973 to 1995, examining both overall trends in jury coverage and the extent and nature of that coverage before and after several high-profile jury trials. The findings of …
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The Effect of Gender, Jury Instructions, Victim Intoxication, and Perpetrator Intoxication on Individual and Jury Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
… current study investigated the impact of gender, jury instructions, victim intoxication status, and perpetrator intoxication status on perceptions of sexual harassment of participants role-playing individual jurors and juries. Gender, victim intoxication status, and perpetrator intoxication status …
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"""Gentlemen of the Jury"": The Status of Jurors and the Reputation of the Jury in the Midwest, 1830--1860"
… jurors and analyzes the evolving status of the jury as a legal and democratic institution. A quantitative analysis of the economic, professional, social, and political rank of jurors in Sangamon County, Illinois, from 1830-1860, forms the foundation of the investigation. The research also …
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Decision Rules, Attitude Similarity, and Jury Decision-Making
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Mechanics of Jury Selection: Some Tools of the Trade
… the reader a panoramic view of the mechanics of jury selection utilized by a number of states in this union. It endeavors to demonstrate their differences as well as certain unique features that relate to those jurisdictions. And, even though the mandate of selecting a fair and impartial jury …
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To flatter the jury: ingratiation effects during closing arguments
ABSTRACT The current study investigated the effect of defense attorney ingratiation during closing arguments of criminal trials. Previous research has shown ingratiation to be a powerful tool of social persuasion across many different settings. In the current study, participants read a vignette of …
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Can jury instructions reduce the negative impact of pretrial publicity?
… is difficult to limit jurors’ exposure to PTP, jury instructions to improve memory for trial information may limit these effects. Participants (N=100) read negative PTP articles about a defendant. A week later, they were randomly assigned to jury instruction conditions (notetaking, …
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Expert witness testimony in jury verdicts when battered women kill
… were to (a) explore the relationship between jury verdicts when traumatic brain injury expert testimony is provided and (b) examine the relationship between the verdicts when battered women syndrome expert witness testimony is provided, in Rowan University undergraduate students (N = 100). …
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Mental disorder labelling as an extralegal variable in mock jury deliberations
… about the victim, crime and defendant in a mock jury setting, as well as investigating mock juror gender differences. A representative sample of people eligible for jury duty in Western Australia viewed a video vignette depicting a trial, in which the mental disorder label (no label, …
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Testing the Efficacy of Interventions to Decrease Racial Bias in Jury Selection
<p>Despite legal restrictions, attorneys continue to use peremptory challenges to strike minorities from juries (Clark, Boccaccini, Caillouet, & Chaplin, 2007; Equal Justice Initiative, 2010; Gabbidon, Kowal, Jordan, Roberts, & Vincenzi, 2008). The current protection against racially motivated …
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Understanding How Undergraduate Students and Seniors Perceive Jury Duty and Child Witnesses
… little research examining their perceptions of jury duty and their jury behaviours. The present study examined seniors as jurors to investigate how they respond to calls for jury duty (i.e., their willingness) and whether they are capable jurors in terms of detecting dishonest testimony (i.e., …
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The efficacy of jury trials in the South African civil justice system
In classical terms, democracy is synonymous with direct participation. However, as states grew and direct public participation became more difficult, a more minimal concept of democracy associated with enfranchisement was adopted. Democracy, however, should not be limited to the enfranchisement of …
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Penalties for Foodborne Illness: Jury Decisions and Awards in Foodborne Illness Lawsuits
… impact plaintiff success and payouts in jury settled foodborne illness (FBI) lawsuits. Given the risk to firms in terms of potentially large payouts, future litigation, and lost reputation, the results may provide economic incentives for food firms and others in the supply chain to …
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Judge, jury, and executioner: organizational factors that affect police use of lethal force
There currently exists an empirical gap in our knowledge of organizational factors as they relate to police use of lethal force. As a result of waning interest in macrolevel policing studies over the last three decades, the majority of our understanding of lethal force is derived from studies that …
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The Comprehensibility of Plain Language and Non Plain Language Minnesota Civil Jury Instructions
… the often-convoluted language of standard jury instructions. Some states have recently simplified their instructions, but others continue to debate whether change is beneficial. This study was designed to investigate whether "plain language" jury instructions lead to improved comprehension. …
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System Justification and Normative Influence: Jury Decision-Making in a Police Shooting Trial
… This research has implications for understanding jury decision-making processes and how to instruct jurors.
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The Effects of Race and Evidence on Jury Decision-Making in Sexual Harassment Cases
… irrelevant) factor and the amount of evidence on jury decision making. Specifically, the race of the defendant served as the extralegal factor, while the amount of evidence presented was determined in relation to how many variables (0, 2, or 4 sources of evidence) were included in a particular …
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