Mock-Jurors’ Self-Reported Understanding of Canadian Judicial Instructions (Is Not Very Good)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Bertrand ◽  
Richard Jochelson
Keyword(s):  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Judicial Instructions

EFFECTS OF PROHIBITIVE AND INFORMATIVE JUDICIAL INSTRUCTIONS ON JURY DECISIONMAKING

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry I. Shaw ◽  
Paul Skolnick
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Psychological Reactance ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Judicial Instructions ◽  
Jury Verdicts ◽  
Black Defendants

A study was conducted to determine the extent to which jurors follow judicial instructions. Based upon Brehm's (1966) theory of psychological reactance, it was hypothesized that prohibitive judicial instructions will not be adhered to as well as similar instructions formulated in a more informative tone. The reactive effects of prohibitive instructions were predicted to be exaggerated when an irrelevant defendant characteristic such as race was an issue. Three hundred and sixteen mock jurors read one of four versions of a hypothetical criminal case varying the type of instructions (prohibitive or informative) and race of defendant (white or black) and rendered both individual judgments and jury verdicts on the case. Results confirmed that juries reacted against prohibitive instructions but more closely followed informative instructions. It was also found that individual jurors were harsher toward white than black defendants, however, group discussion effectively eliminated this reverse racism bias.

Mock Jurors' Responsibility Judgments and Damage Awards Following the Introduction of Judgmental Anchors

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison K. Albrecht ◽  
Verlin B. Hinsz
Keyword(s):  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Damage Awards

Counterfactual Thinking and Judgments of Mock Jurors

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarika Daftary ◽  
Melissa A. Berry Cahoon
Keyword(s):  
Counterfactual Thinking ◽  
Mock Jurors

Criminal History and Judicial Instructions As Moderators of Generic Prejudice

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara C. Appleby ◽  
Margaret Bull Kovera
Keyword(s):  
Criminal History ◽  
Judicial Instructions

Educated Mock-Jurors Evaluating Defendant Substance Abuse Evidence in Capital Trials

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess M. S. Neal ◽  
Desiree Adams Griffin ◽  
Stanley L. Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Capital Trials

Counterfactual thinking about crime control theater: Mock jurors’ decision making in an AMBER Alert trial.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio J. Alvarez ◽  
Monica K. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
Counterfactual Thinking ◽  
Mock Jurors

MOCK JURORS' PERCEPTIONS OF FACIAL HAIR ON CRIMINAL OFFENDERS

2004 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD P. CONTI
Keyword(s):  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
Facial Hair

"He seems odd": The effects of risk-irrelevant information and actuarial risk estimates on mock jurors' perceptions of sexual recidivism risk

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kamorowski ◽  
Karl Ask ◽  
Maartje Schreuder ◽  
Marko Jelicic ◽  
Corine de Ruiter
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Information ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Risk Estimate ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sexual Recidivism ◽  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Risk Estimates ◽  
Actuarial Risk

Previous research has shown that mock and actual jurors give little weight to actuarial sexual offending recidivism risk estimates when making decisions regarding civil commitment for so-called sexually violent predators (SVPs). We hypothesized that non-risk related factors, such as irrelevant contextual information and jurors’ information-processing style, would influence mock jurors’ perceptions of sexual recidivism risk. This preregistered experimental study examined the effects of mock jurors’ (N = 427) need for cognition (NFC), irrelevant contextual information in the form of the offender’s social attractiveness, and an actuarial risk estimate on mock jurors’ estimates of sexual recidivism risk related to a simulated SVP case vignette. Mock jurors exposed to negative risk-irrelevant characteristics of the offender estimated sexual recidivism risk as higher than mock jurors exposed to positive information about the offender. However, this effect was no longer significant after mock jurors had reviewed Static-99R actuarial risk estimate information. We found no support for the hypothesis that the level of NFC moderates the relationship between risk-irrelevant contextual information and risk estimates. Future research could explore additional individual characteristics or attitudes among mock jurors that may influence perceptions of sexual recidivism risk and insensitivity to actuarial risk estimates.

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