Cognitive and human factors in legal layperson decision making: Sources of bias in juror decision making

LJ Curley, J Munro, IE Dror - Medicine, Science and the Law, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Juries in adversarial courts are tasked with several responsibilities. They are asked to: 1)
assess the credibility and reliability of the evidence presented; 2) deliberate; 3) and then …

Juror characteristics on trial: Investigating how psychopathic traits, rape attitudes, victimization experiences, and juror demographics influence decision-making in an …

C Lilley, D Willmott, D Mojtahedi - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Trial by jury is a longstanding legal tradition used in common law jurisdictions to
try the most serious of criminal cases. Yet, despite hearing the same trial evidence …

Verdict spotting: investigating the effects of juror bias, evidence anchors and verdict system in jurors

LJ Curley, J Murray, R MacLean, J Munro… - … , Psychology and Law, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The Scottish verdict of not proven represents a second acquittal verdict which is not legally
defined. Existing research into the influence of the not proven verdict on jury decision …

[HTML][HTML] Rape myths and verdict systems: what is influencing conviction rates in rape trials in Scotland?

LJ Curley, M Lages, PJ Sime, J Munro - Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Scottish verdict system includes three verdicts:'guilty','not guilty'and 'not proven'.
Politicians propose that the three-verdict system is partially to blame for the low conviction …

Double jeopardy: the effects of retrial knowledge on juror decisions

J Munro, F Motson, J Turner, LA Frumkin… - Journal of Criminal …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Since the passage of the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011, mirroring changes
in other jurisdictions, a person who has been acquitted in Scotland can, under certain …

Proven and not proven: A potential alternative to the current Scottish verdict system

LJ Curley, J Munro, J Turner, LA Frumkin… - … Sciences & the law, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current Scottish verdict system includes three verdicts:'guilty','not guilty'and 'not proven'.
The Scottish Government are currently reviewing the utility of the not proven verdict …

The effect of verdict system on juror decisions: a quantitative meta-analysis

E Jackson, L Curley, F Leverick… - … , Psychology and Law, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We study the effect of the Scottish three-verdict system (guilty, not guilty, not proven) and the
Anglo-American two-verdict system (guilty, not guilty) on juror decisions by combining data …

“It Felt Like a Comma, Not a Full Stop” 1: Complainers' Experiences of the 'Not Proven'Verdict within Scottish Rape Trials

VE Munro - New Directions in Sexual Violence Scholarship, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Amongst the features that makes Scotland's criminal jury distinctive is the availability of two
alternative acquittal verdicts–not guilty and not proven. These verdicts yield identical …

Survivors Speak Out: The Successes and Failures of Hashtag Activism

S Fohring, L Horsfield - The Emerald International Handbook of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Following victimisation of many types, knowing one is not alone in their experience, or the
reactions to that experience, has been identified as comforting and supportive of recovery in …

Intimate partner violence: the second pandemic? A feminist exploration of sexual-minority intimate partner violence amidst COVID-19 in Scotland.

LR Miller - 2024 - rgu-repository.worktribe.com
Heteronormative narratives of intimate partner violence (IPV) compound the invisibility of
sexual-minority survivors, who are marginalised in public discourse, academia and service …