Sensitivity to Psychologically Coercive Interrogations: A Comparison of Instructions and Expert Testimony to Improve Juror Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Angela M. Jones ◽  
Ashley M. Blinkhorn ◽  
Alexis M. Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Juror Decision Making

How Persuasive Is an Eyewitness Who Is Familiar with the Defendant?

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Joanna Pozzulo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Exposure Duration ◽  
Juror Decision Making ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Eyewitness Confidence ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter focuses on familiarity in the courtroom. Specifically, this chapter describes how familiarity between an eyewitness and a defendant affects juror decision-making in terms of perceptions of guilt and credibility of both the eyewitness and the defendant. The chapter describes how familiarity has been operationalized in the juror decision-making literature and discusses various definitions of familiarity, such as exposure duration, number of exposures, and the context of the relationship between the eyewitness and defendant. Research examining how familiarity influences jurors’ judgments is summarized. The chapter also discusses the association between familiarity and eyewitness confidence and its impact on jurors. The chapter concludes by describing familiarity within the context of real court cases, the use of expert testimony, and how familiarity may have affected judges’ rulings.

Human Factors in Stairway Fall Litigation

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Joseph Cohen ◽  
H. Harvey Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Juror Decision Making

An empirical study suggests that human factors expert testimony on either side of a case has the potential to influence juror decision making.

What Makes Race Salient? Juror Decision-Making in Same-Race Versus Cross-Race Identification Scenarios and the Influence of Expert Testimony

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1234-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn M. Maeder ◽  
Logan Ewanation
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Juror Decision Making ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Race Effect ◽  
Trial Transcript ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Black Defendant ◽  
Race Identification

Research demonstrates that juror race may interact with defendant race to influence decision-making, but little work has investigated interactions with eyewitness race. This study tested whether Black/White jurors would produce different perceptions/decisions when faced with a Black/White defendant identified by a Black/White eyewitness. We also examined the influence of expert testimony regarding the cross-race effect in two floating cells. Mock jurors read a trial transcript, provided a verdict and trial party ratings, and indicated perceived race salience. Black jurors were more likely to convict a White defendant identified by a Black eyewitness than a Black defendant identified by a White eyewitness. Expert testimony was valued more highly when the defendant was Black, but had no direct influence on verdict; however, it raised race salience perceptions (as did presence of Black trial parties). Perceived race salience was associated with lower rates of conviction, suggesting that race and expert testimony have potential courtroom implications.

Cognitive optimisers: The use of stereotypes in juror decision-making

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake McKimmie ◽  
Jane Masters ◽  
Barbara Masser ◽  
Regina Schuller ◽  
Deborah Terry
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juror Decision Making

The Influence of Inconsistency in Eyewitness Reports, Eyewitness Age and Crime Type on Mock Juror Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bailey M. Fraser ◽  
Simona Mackovichova ◽  
Lauren E. Thompson ◽  
Joanna D. Pozzulo ◽  
Hunter R. Hanna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mock Juror ◽  
Juror Decision Making ◽  
Crime Type ◽  
Eyewitness Reports
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