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View article: Diverging Decisions? A Comparison of Jury Verdict Procedures
Diverging Decisions? A Comparison of Jury Verdict Procedures Open
Courts have the capacity to structure juries’ decision making through the use of general verdicts with answers to written questions, special verdicts, and, in some countries, the requirement that juries provide reasons for their verdicts. …
View article: Jurymen Seldom Rule Against a Person That They Like: The Relationship Between Emotions Towards a Defendant, the Understanding of Case Facts, and Juror Judgments in Civil Trials
Jurymen Seldom Rule Against a Person That They Like: The Relationship Between Emotions Towards a Defendant, the Understanding of Case Facts, and Juror Judgments in Civil Trials Open
Legal actors often discuss emotion-based decisions and reasoned evaluation of the facts as distinct and opposite methods through which jurors can reach conclusions. However, research suggests that emotion can have an indirect effect on jur…
View article: Regional gender bias and year predict gender representation on civil trial teams.
Regional gender bias and year predict gender representation on civil trial teams. Open
Female attorneys were grossly underrepresented on civil trial teams. Gender representation on teams, but not leadership roles, has improved slightly over time. Culture may also contribute; women were less represented on trial teams in regi…
View article: White mock jurors' moral emotional responses to viewing female victim photographs depend on the victim's race.
White mock jurors' moral emotional responses to viewing female victim photographs depend on the victim's race. Open
Attorneys and judges should consider that jurors' emotional reactions to victim photographs are felt selectively depending on the victim's race and could exacerbate racial biases in jurors' judgments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA…
View article: Regional Gender Bias and Year Predict Gender Representation on Civil Trial Teams
Regional Gender Bias and Year Predict Gender Representation on Civil Trial Teams Open
Objective: There are documented gender disparities in the legal field. We examined whether gender representation on civil trial teams varied on the basis of (a) the degree of regional gender bias “in the air” and (b) time. Hypotheses: We h…