Displayed emotions and witness credibility: a comparison of judgements by individuals and mock juries

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1145-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Dahl ◽  
Ida Enemo ◽  
Guri C. B. Drevland ◽  
Ellen Wessel ◽  
Dag Erik Eilertsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Witness Credibility

3. The Influence of Witness Appearance and Demeanour on Witness Credibility: A Theoretical Framework

1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Chris Fife-Schaw
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Witness Credibility

Witness Credibility Scale

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley L. Brodsky ◽  
Michael P. Griffin ◽  
Robert J. Cramer
Keyword(s):  
Witness Credibility ◽  
Credibility Scale

Character Evidence

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Saks ◽  
Barbara A. Spellman
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Basic Rule ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Criminal Records ◽  
Witness Credibility ◽  
Judicial Instructions ◽  
Character Evidence ◽  
Evidence Rules ◽  
Special Rule ◽  
Sexual Conduct

The basic rule limiting character evidence is quite sensible. Personality traits predict less than most people (including jurors) realize; situations, and person-by-situation interactions, are more potent forces. As the law suspects, people tend to perceive the behavior of others through lenses of propensity; consequently, they over-attribute and over-predict consistency between character and conduct. In fashioning the character evidence rules, common law judges correctly diagnosed a problem and took steps to temper those attributional tendencies to avoid inaccurate and unfair verdicts. The rules allow numerous exceptions, admitting some character evidence out of fairness or to permit helpful evidence while barring its most misleading variants. For example, defendants in criminal cases are permitted to offer evidence of their own character or the character of a victim. Other exceptions are made to assist factfinders to evaluate witness credibility. A special class of that rule deals with witnesses’ criminal records: a maze of sub-rules governs admissibility of prior crimes. Research finds that people tend to rely on prior crime evidence for its improper propensity purpose, contrary to judicial instructions about the limited use to which it may be put. A relatively new set of rules permits prior criminal sexual conduct to be admitted, allowing factfinders to draw inferences about “any matter to which it is relevant.” These rules are controversial because they invite jurors to engage in the very propensity thinking that centuries of evidence doctrine prohibited. Moreover, behavioral data do not support the theory behind a special rule for prior criminal sexual conduct.

The Impact of Age, Speech Style, and Question Form on Perceptions of Witness Credibility and Trial Outcome1

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1919-1944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine L. Ruva ◽  
Judith Becker Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Witness Credibility ◽  
Question Form ◽  
The Impact

Do Jurors' Gender and Age Moderate Differences in Perceptions of Witness Credibility and Defendant Guilt?

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathlyn Vo ◽  
Rowena G. Gomez ◽  
Christopher M. Weaver ◽  
Nicole D. Ng ◽  
Yuliana Noniyeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Witness Credibility ◽  
Gender And Age

scholarly journals Video versus in person hearings: Determining witness credibility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
thomas zane reeves
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Deception Detection ◽  
Witness Credibility ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Future ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
Video Format

<p>Because of health risks during the global pandemic of 2020, many fact finding hearings previously held in-person were offered in a video format. The return of in-person hearings is reemerging as many practitioners contend that video hearings are inadequate for viewing witness demeanor, thereby hindering determination of witness credibility. This paper summarizes the best available evidence and concludes: (1) personal demeanor is a not reliable factor for weighing witness credibility or deception detection, (2) a variety of indicators to be used by a “trier of fact” are more accurate in evaluating witness credibility, (3) and a video format is more reliable than an in-person hearing in assessing witness credibility. It concludes with an examination of what has been learned and the opportunities recorded video hearings offer for assessing witness credibility in the future. </p>

The effect of biased and non-biased information on judgments of witness credibility

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guri Bollingmo ◽  
Ellen Wessel ◽  
Yvonne Sandvold ◽  
Dag Erik Eilertsen ◽  
Svein Magnussen
Keyword(s):  
Witness Credibility ◽  
Biased Information

scholarly journals Expert Witness Credibility as a Function of Eye Contact Behavior and Gender

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 1515-1526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess M.S. Neal ◽  
Stanley L. Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Expert Witness ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Contact Behavior ◽  
Witness Credibility ◽  
And Gender
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