Understanding How Jurors Award Civil Damages: A Test of Affect Control Theory

This dissertation examines predictors of juror-determined 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 indicate that Affect Control Theory can be applied to the situation of juror-determined damage awards and is helpful in scientifically explaining some of the variation of both compensatory and punitive damage awards.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• McDonald, Emily

Contributors dc:contributor

• Yeatts, Dale E.
• Williams, James L.
• Yoder, Kevin A.
• Dash, Nicole
• Shuman, Daniel

• Jurors.
• Damages.
• damage awards
• juror decision-making
• punitive damages
• civil trial
• affect control theory

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• McDonald, Emily
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56801186
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4588/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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