Social problems are everywhere around us. Listen to a news channel, have a look at social
media or open up a newspaper, and suddenly you are confronted with a rich variety of social …

Determining the influence of irrelevant victim information on potential jurors is particularly
important in the current age of social media. The present study explored the effects of pretrial …

Nonprobative but related photos can increase the perceived truth value of statements
relative to when no photo is presented (truthiness). In two experiments, we tested whether …

Research on sexual assault has shown that victim, perpetrator, and participant
characteristics can influence evaluations of an assault. However, the studies have not …

Leading scholar Tom R. Tyler provides a timely and engaging introduction to the field of law
and psychology. This Advanced Introduction outlines the main areas of research, their …

This study explored how pretrial publicity (PTP) exposure and jury composition affect the
slant and content of jury deliberations. It compares jury deliberations (N= 63) composed of …

Law and Evidence: A Primer for Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Legal Studies, Third
Edition, introduces the complex topic of evidence law in a straightforward and accessible …

Past psychological research has indicated that pretrial publicity has a significant impact on
jury decision-making (Shniderman, 2013). This current review aims to expand on past …

Psychology and law researchers have urged colleagues to collaborate with the makers of
popular media, such as documentary filmmakers and podcasters, in efforts to educate the …

Abstract Concerns about Pretrial Publicity (PTP) have grown with the rise of the internet and
social media, leading to a near impossibility of selecting a jury that can ignore PTP and …