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 …

Purpose This study aims to examine whether country of residence, sex trafficking attitudes,
complainant gender, juror gender and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) influenced juror …

Objective: The present study integrates several distinct lines of jury decision-making
research by examining how the racial identities of the defendant and an informant witness …

Researchers have investigated the race-crime congruency effect for approximately 30 years;
however, extant research makes it difficult to draw conclusions about this effect due to varied …

In the U nited S tates, a vast majority of jurisdictions statutorily exclude convicted felons from
jury service. Justifying these exclusions, lawmakers and courts often cite the inherent bias …

Forensic Psychology takes a broad-based perspective, incorporating both experimental and
clinical topics. This text includes current developments by theorists and researchers in the …

Judges are increasingly using “implicit bias” instructions in jury trials in an effort to reduce
the influence of jurors' biases on judgment. In this article, we report on findings from a large …

Cognitive Experiential Self-Theory (CEST) posits that individuals process information
rationally (measured by Need for Cognition [NFC]) or experientially (measured by Faith in …

Objectives This study examined how defendants' immigrant status and ethnicity interact with
evidence strength and mock jurors' cognitive processing traits to influence decisions in a …

Recent police shootings of African Americans have led citizens to question police officers'
use of force. Thus, it is important to determine whether mock jurors can distinguish between …