Criminal juries in the 21st century : psychological science and the law / Cynthia Najdowski and Margaret Stevenson.

9780190658144 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

English

1 online resource.

KF9680

345.73075

'Criminal Juries in the 21st Century' explores the increasingly wide gulf between criminal trial law, procedures, and policy, and what scientific findings have revealed about the human experience of serving as a juror. Readers will contemplate myriad legal issues that arise when jurors decide criminal cases as well as cutting-edge psychological research that can be used to not only understand the performance and experience of the contemporary criminal jury, but also to improve it.

'Criminal Juries in the 21st Century' explores the increasingly wide gulf between criminal trial law, procedures, and policy, and what scientific findings have revealed about the human experience of serving as a juror. Readers will contemplate myriad legal issues that arise when jurors decide criminal cases as well as cutting-edge psychological research that can be used to not only understand the performance and experience of the contemporary criminal jury, but also to improve it.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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American Psychology-Law Society series.

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