Inside the Juror The Psychology of Juror Decision Making

Name: Inside the Juror The Psychology of Juror Decision Making
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ISBN: 9780521419888

ISBN-10: 0521419883

ISBN-13: 9780521419888

Edition: 1993

Authors: Reid Hastie

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Inside the Juror presents the most interesting and sophisticated work to date on juror decision making from several traditions - social psychology, behavioural decision theory, cognitive psychology, and behavioural modeling. The authors grapple with crucial questions, such as: why do jurors who hear the same evidence and arguments in the courtroom enter the jury room with disagreements about the proper verdict? how do biases and prejudices affect jurors decisions? and just how rational is the typical juror? As an introduction to the scientific study of juror decision making in criminal trials, Inside the Juror provides a comprehensive and understandable summary of the major theories of…

Book details

List price: $62.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/26/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 287
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Series preface


Editor's preface


Acknowledgments



Models of Juror Decision Making



Introduction




Some steps between attitudes and verdicts




The influence of outcome information and attitudes on juror decision making in search and seizure cases




Algebraic models of juror decision processes




Stochastic models of juror decision making




Formal and empirical research on cascaded inference in jurisprudence




Argument structuring and evidence evaluation




The story model for juror decision making




Commentaries



Notes on the sampling of stimulus cases and the measurement of responses in research on juror decision making




Sausages and the law: juror decisions in the much larger justice system




A rational game theory framework for the analysis of legal and criminal decision making




Why do jury research?




Two conceptions of the juror




A mathematician comments on models of juror decision making



Index of names


Index of subjects