Jury instructions and mock-juror sensitivity to confession evidence in a simulated criminal case

We investigated whether enhanced jury instructions, which added empirical findings about confession evidence to standard jury instructions, could sensitize mock jurors to the confession evidence in a criminal trial transcript. Participants (N = 314) read a detailed transcript of a simulated murder t...

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Autores principales: O’Donnell, Christina M. (Autor) ; Safer, Martin A. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Psychology, crime & law
Año: 2017, Volumen: 23, Número: 10, Páginas: 946-966
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Jury instructions
Confession evidence
Courtroom
Judicial decision-making
Sensitivity