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This is the first volume of an important new two-volume work on the Psychology of the Courtroom. Taken together, the two volumes offer a definitive account of the problems created by or influencing courtroom procedure and trial outcome from a psychological perspective. Each volume is also designed to be consulted separately. In "Jury Psychology: Social Aspects of the Trial Processes" a highly respected group of scholars explore the influence of trial procedures on juror decision-making. A wide range of topics are covered including pretrial publicity and inadmissible evidence, jury selection, jury instruction, and death penalty cases, as well as decision-making in civil trials. In addition, a number of global issues are discussed, including procedural justice issues and theoretical models of juror decision-making. A consideration of methodological issues relevant to the study of juror behavior is provided. All of these topics are discussed from a psychological perspective. Throughout the volume the authors make recommendations for improving trial procedures where jurors are involved, and they discuss how the problems and potential solutions are relevant to courts around the world. This volume will be essential reading for social psychologists, lawyers and legal scholars and criminologists.
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Jury Psychology: Social Aspects of Trial Processes PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME AND LAW SERIES Series Editor: David Canter International Centre for Investigative Psychology The University of Liverpool, UK Other titles in the Series Psychological Expertise in Court Psychology in the Courtroom, Volume II Daniel A. Krauss and Joel D. Lieberman Principles of Geographical Offender Profiling David Canter and Donna Youngs Applications of Geographical Offender Profiling David Canter and Donna Youngs Psychology and Law: Bridging the Gap David Canter and Rita Žukauskiene Safer Sex in the City (forthcoming) David Canter, Maria Ioannou and Donna Youngs Behavioural Analysis of Crime: New Directions in Offender Profiling (forthcoming) Donna Youngs The Investigative Psychology of Serial Killing (forthcoming) David Canter and Donna Youngs Profiling Violent Crime (forthcoming) David Canter and Donna Youngs Jury Psychology: Social Aspects of Trial Processes Psychology in the Courtroom, Volume 1 Edited by Joel D. Lieberman University of Nevada – Las Vegas, USA Daniel A. Krauss Claremont McKenna College, USA © Joel D. Lieberman and Daniel A. Krauss 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Joel D. Lieberman and Daniel A. Krauss have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court East Suite 420 Union Road 101 Cherry Street Farnham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7PT VT 05401-4405 England USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Jury psychology : social aspects of trial processes. (Psychology in the courtroom ; v. 1) (Psychology, crime and law series) 1. Jury - Psychological aspects 2. Jurors - Psychology I. Lieberman, Joel D. II. Krauss, Daniel (Daniel A.) 347'.0752 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009924670 09ANSHT ISBN: 978-0-7546-2641-1 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-7546-9278-2 (ebook) Contents Notes on Contributors vii Series Preface xi Preface to the Two-Volume Set xiii Joel D. Lieberman and Daniel A. Krauss Preface to Volume I—Jury Psychology:Social Aspects of Trial Processes xvii Joel D. Lieberman and Daniel A. Krauss Psychology in the Courtroom xxi 1 The Validity of Jury Decision-Making Research Da