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Preface; Contents; 1 The Validity of Pleading Guilty; Overview of Guilty Pleas and the Process; Determining the Validity of Pleading Guilty; Knowing and Intelligent Plea Decision-Making; Capacity for Valid Plea Decision-Making; Understanding of Plea Information; Sufficiency of Information to Make Informed Plea Decisions; Needed Research on Knowing and Intelligent Plea Decision-Making; Voluntary Plea Decision-Making; Needed Research on Voluntary Plea Decision-Making; Factual Guilt and Plea Decision-Making; Needed Research on Factual Guilt and Plea Decision-Making; Conclusion; References
2 Capital-izing Jurors: How Death Qualification Relates to Jury Composition, Jurors' Perceptions, and Trial OutcomesThe Death Penalty; A History of Death Qualification; The Biasing Effects of Death Qualification; Death Qualification and Jury Composition; Death Qualification and Jurors' Perceptions; Death Qualification, Verdicts, and Sentences; Theoretical Applications and Extensions; Implications, Limitations, and Future Directions; Conclusion; References; 3 The Impact of Emotions on Juror Judgments and Decision Making
How Emotions Influence Judgments of Blame and Responsibility: Theories and Empirical EvidenceAffect Infusion Model and Juror Decisions; Appraisal Theory and Information Processing; Value and Application of Legal Information; Affect-as-Information Informing Juror Decisions; Summary; Trial Evidence Eliciting Emotions in Jurors; Graphic Photographs; Graphic Verbal Descriptions and Crime Heinousness; Witness Demeanor; Defendant Emotion; Emotional Appeals and Jurors; Psychology and Law Studies of Emotions and Jurors' Decisions; Juror Emotion; Summary; Potential Moderators; Juror Instructions
Individual Differences in EmotionalityJury Deliberations; Summary; Discussion; Suggestions for Future Research; Final Thoughts; References; 4 Scientific Evidence and Juror Decision Making: Theory, Empirical Research, and Future Directions; Theoretical Approaches to Understanding the Impact of Scientific Evidence; General Theories of Cognition; Theories of Juror Decision Making; Toward an Integration.; Empirical Research on the Impact of Scientific Evidence on Jurors; How Well Do Jurors Use Scientific Evidence?; What Characteristics of Scientific Evidence Influence Juror Decision Making?
What Contextual and Dispositional Variables Affect the Impact of Scientific Evidence?Discussion; Major Empirical Findings; A Conceptual Framework for Scientific Evidence; Future Research Directions; Summary; References; 5 The Purpose, Content, and Effects of Expert Testimony on Interrogations and Confessions; True, False, and Ambiguous Confessions; The Admissibility and Purpose of Expert Testimony on Confessions; The Content of Expert Testimony on Confessions; The Power Asymmetry Between Interrogator and Suspect; The Foundational Lie of the Interrogation Process
2 Capital-izing Jurors: How Death Qualification Relates to Jury Composition, Jurors' Perceptions, and Trial OutcomesThe Death Penalty; A History of Death Qualification; The Biasing Effects of Death Qualification; Death Qualification and Jury Composition; Death Qualification and Jurors' Perceptions; Death Qualification, Verdicts, and Sentences; Theoretical Applications and Extensions; Implications, Limitations, and Future Directions; Conclusion; References; 3 The Impact of Emotions on Juror Judgments and Decision Making
How Emotions Influence Judgments of Blame and Responsibility: Theories and Empirical EvidenceAffect Infusion Model and Juror Decisions; Appraisal Theory and Information Processing; Value and Application of Legal Information; Affect-as-Information Informing Juror Decisions; Summary; Trial Evidence Eliciting Emotions in Jurors; Graphic Photographs; Graphic Verbal Descriptions and Crime Heinousness; Witness Demeanor; Defendant Emotion; Emotional Appeals and Jurors; Psychology and Law Studies of Emotions and Jurors' Decisions; Juror Emotion; Summary; Potential Moderators; Juror Instructions
Individual Differences in EmotionalityJury Deliberations; Summary; Discussion; Suggestions for Future Research; Final Thoughts; References; 4 Scientific Evidence and Juror Decision Making: Theory, Empirical Research, and Future Directions; Theoretical Approaches to Understanding the Impact of Scientific Evidence; General Theories of Cognition; Theories of Juror Decision Making; Toward an Integration.; Empirical Research on the Impact of Scientific Evidence on Jurors; How Well Do Jurors Use Scientific Evidence?; What Characteristics of Scientific Evidence Influence Juror Decision Making?
What Contextual and Dispositional Variables Affect the Impact of Scientific Evidence?Discussion; Major Empirical Findings; A Conceptual Framework for Scientific Evidence; Future Research Directions; Summary; References; 5 The Purpose, Content, and Effects of Expert Testimony on Interrogations and Confessions; True, False, and Ambiguous Confessions; The Admissibility and Purpose of Expert Testimony on Confessions; The Content of Expert Testimony on Confessions; The Power Asymmetry Between Interrogator and Suspect; The Foundational Lie of the Interrogation Process