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Revealing Juror Bias Without Biasing Your Juror: Experimental Evidence For Best Practice Survey And Voir Dire Questions
by Mykol C. Hamilton, PhD and Kate Zephyrhawke, MAPosted on December 1, 2015 | 13 CommentsProspective jurors "know" the "right answer" to the questions on whether they can be fair and unbiased. But in this research, two academics show us how traditional voir dire and survey questions pose the question in a way that elicits a drastic under-reporting of individual biases. This article shows how to ask questions to help jurors acknowledge their biases (which we all have) in ways that does not shame them or make them feel like "bad people" for having biases. -
Note from the Editor: Jurors Researching, Schadenfreude in Court, Non-English Speaking Witnesses, and So Much More!
Posted on December 1, 2015 | No CommentsAs crisp fall weather comes in (finally) for some of us and snow is falling (and piling up) for others, we are happy to bring you our last issue for 2015. This is an eclectic issue with multiple articles we think you will find of interest! We start with some […] -
The Psychology of a Persuasive Settlement
by Ken Broda-Bahm, Ph.D.Posted on February 27, 2015 | 9 CommentsWhy doesn't the other side want to settle? Let Ken Broda-Bahm show you just some of the reasons. -
If It Feels Bad to Me, It’s Wrong for You: The Role of Emotions in Evaluating Harmful Acts
by Ivar Hannikainen, Ph.D. and Ryan Miller and Fiery Cushman, Ph.D.Posted on August 20, 2014 | No CommentsAuthored by Ivar Hannikainen, Ryan Miller and Fiery Cushman with responses from Ken Broda-Bahm and Alison Bennett, this article has a lesson for us all. It isn’t what that terrible, awful defendant did that makes me want to punish, it’s how I think I would feel if I did that sort of terrible, horrible awful thing. That’s what makes me want to punish you. It’s an interesting perspective when we consider what makes jurors determine lesser or greater punishment. -
Are Lab Studies on PTP Generalizable?: An Examination of PTP effects Using a Shadow Jury Paradigm
by Tarika Daftary-Kapur, Ph.D. and Steven Penrod, Ph.D. and Maureen O'Connor, J.D., Ph.D.Posted on May 7, 2014 | No CommentsA new study showing (gasp) that PTP really DOES effect juror decision-making. You want to read this. -
Jury Expert Top Ten Accessed Articles for 2013
by Editorial StaffPosted on February 6, 2014 | 2 CommentsTop 10 articles determined by our readers in 2013! -
Taming the Reptile: A Defendant’s Response to the Plaintiff’s Revolution
by Ken Broda-Bahm, Ph.D.Posted on November 5, 2013 | 7 CommentsHow can the Defense attorney strike back at the Reptile? Here's how. -
Trial Advocacy: Truthiness, Falsiness, and Nothingness
by Kathy Kellermann, Ph.D.Posted on November 5, 2013 | 9 CommentsExtra-evidentiary ideas, thoughts, and associations make their way into your courtroom and deliberation room. How? Read on. -
Getting Beyond “Can You Be Fair?”: Framing Your Cause Questions
by Ken Broda-Bahm, Ph.D.Posted on August 1, 2013 | 2 CommentsThis scenario happens at some point in nearly every voir dire. First, a juror reveals a bias for or against one of the parties. Juror: I just really don’t trust big companies. What with all the media stories and all the scandals, well, I just think that they are in […]