Download or read book Juror Perceptions of Witness Credibility in a Sexual Assault Case written by Julie Gianesini and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Predictors of Jurors Decisions and Post trial Perceptions of Child Witness Credibility in a Child Sexual Assault Trial written by Janet Murvin Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jurors Perceptions of Child Victim witnesses in a Real world Sexual Abuse Trial Setting written by Casey William Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dimensions of Child Witness Credibility written by Carla Abshire and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What factors do jurors consider when judging the credibility of child victim-witnesses? Do they use the same standards regardless of the age of the child? The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of credibility in relation to juror perceptions of children who are witnesses in cases of sexual abuse. The sample was primarily female and included undergraduate students. A written transcript of testimony used in previous studies was used. Two distinct factors were identified. In-court competence was most relevant to perceptions of the 13- year-old child-victim witness and consisted of believability, credibility, consistency, honesty, confidence, memory, accuracy and misinterpretation. Trustworthiness was most relevant to perceptions of the 5- and 9-year-old child-victim witness and consisted of explanation, suggestion, fantasy, fabrication, revenge and misinterpretation. Different subsets of variables were important for predicting believability and credibility and for discriminating between participants who were certain of defendant guilt. Results are discussed in relation to evidence used to challenge the credibility of witnesses in a court of law.
Download or read book The Impact of Pre recorded Video and Closed Circuit Television Testimony by Adult Sexual Assault Complainants on Jury Decision making written by Natalie Taylor and published by National Gallery of Australia. This book was released on 2005 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the findings from a mock sexual assault jury trial research project conducted on behalf of the New South Wales Attorney General's Department in 2005. The project aimed to investigate whether the impact of adult sexual assault complainant testimony on juror perceptions and decisions differs if presented via closed circuit television (CCTV), pre-recorded videotape or face-to-face in the courtroom. The study also investigated the impact of emotional versus neutral complainant testimony. Eighteen mock trials were held in a mock courtroom in which 210 members of the public participated as jurors. After watching the trial but before jury deliberation, jurors completed individual questionnaires which investigated their perceptions of complainant credibility, empathy with the complainant, overall impression of the complainant, empathy with the accused, overall impression of the accused and personal beliefs about guilt of the accused. After jury deliberation, jurors completed a questionnaire which asked again about their beliefs about guilt of the accused. Jurors also completed a questionnaire about their attitudes toward rape victims in general. The report outlines the methodology used, the key findings, issues arising from juror feedback and the difficulties encountered by jurors in trying to reach unanimous verdicts. The study finds, overall, that immediately following the trial but before jury deliberation, mode of presentation of testimony (face-to-face, CCTV or pre-recorded videotape) did not impact differentially on juror perceptions of the complainant or the accused, or guilt of the accused. The degree to which the complainant was upset while giving her testimony (emotional) or calm (neutral) was also not found to impact in any consistent pattern on juror perceptions or decisions. One of the key insights obtained during this study was the high degree to which many jurors believed many of the "myths" which surround rape in general. Acceptance of these myths means that many jurors have strong expectations about how a "real" victim would behave before, during and after an alleged sexual assault. These expectations impact on their perceptions of the complainant's credibility. Other key issues were the difficulty juries experienced in defining reasonable doubt, and the difficulty of understanding what was meant by "consent".
Download or read book The Effects of Juror Age Gender and the Interacting Effects of Age and Gender on Jurors Perceptions of Witness Credibility Defendant Guilt and Confidence of Guilt in Mock and in Actual Child Sexual Assault CSA Trials written by Kathlyn Vo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limitations and clinical implications were discussed as well as ideas for future research to examine based on the current results were also mentioned toward the end.
Download or read book Child Sexual Assault Trials written by Judy Cashmore and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big Kids Don t Cry but what Happens when They Do written by Alexia Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a considerable amount of research has examined the perceived credibility of victims of child sexual abuse (CSA), very little has focused on the effects of children's emotional displays on perceptions of their credibility. The current study sought to address this gap, with three specific aims. First, the research examined the impact of children's emotional displays on jurors' judgments of witness credibility and case outcomes in CSA cases. Second, using expectation violation theory (EVT) as a framework, the research investigated whether children's age and gender interact with demeanor to influence jurors' decisions. Third, the research examined the influence of participant type, comparing the decisions of undergraduate students to those of actual jurors. A total of 603 jurors just released from jury duty and jury-eligible undergraduates read a short summary of a CSA case along with the child's accompanying testimony. The transcripts varied the child's age and gender. While reading the testimony, participants viewed pencil drawings depicting the child's emotional demeanor on the witness stand. The drawings varied the child's age, gender, and emotion (either calm or crying). Participants then rendered a verdict in the case, evaluated the guilt of the defendant, and rated the credibility of the child witness and the defendant. Initial results revealed that the child's displayed demeanor (i.e., the drawing) had no direct effect on participants' judgments. However, fine-grained analyses indicated that participants were influenced by their subjective interpretations of the child's demeanor. Consistent with EVT, participants who perceived the child witness as emotional provided more guilty verdicts, were more certain of the defendant's guilt, found the child more credible, and regarded the defendant as less credible. Also, both older and younger children were rated as more credible when perceived as emotional rather than unemotional, with this effect being stronger for older children. The child's gender had no influence on participants' judgments directly or in conjunction with the child's age or perceived emotional demeanor. Finally, undergraduates were more likely to find the defendant guilty and were more certain of the defendant's guilt than were jurors. Overall, findings have important implications for understanding the impact of children's emotional displays on jurors' decisions in CSA cases and for the need to educate jurors regarding the validity of their perceptions.
Download or read book Juror Perceptions of Witness Credibility as a Function of Linguistic and Nonverbal Power written by Karen Ohnemus Lisko and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Juror Perceptions of Victim Credibility in Cases of Intimate Partner Rape written by Kimmie Walton and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Details in Testimony written by Justine Rayborn and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine whether hedge words and the age of a memory can influence the way participants (mock jurors) perceive an alleged sexual assault victim's credibility. Prior research has demonstrated many issues that can affect the accuracy of memory for childhood events such as childhood amnesia, fragmented and distorted memories, false memories and source monitoring errors and the way in which jurors' decisions can be swayed based on verbal cues to confidence. Here, we further investigated whether jurors' decisions are sensitive to the age of the memory--an event that happened in the recent or distant past--and the use of hedge words, that is, how confident adults appear in their memory. To determine juror perceptions of trial testimony credibility, in Study 1 participants read a mock direct examination transcript and answered questions regarding the claimant's credibility and the defendant's guilt. In Study 2 participants read a mock direct examination transcript followed by a cross-examination transcript. They then answered questions regarding the claimant's credibility and the defendant's guilt. Results from Study 1 showed participants found the testimony more believable when the memory was distant (15 years prior) as opposed to recent (4 years prior). Results from Study 2 demonstrated that participants found the testimony less credible and believable when there was a presence of hedge words. Indeed, participants were less likely to find the defendant guilty and gave a lower trauma severity rating when there was a presence of hedge words. We suggest that the cross-examination made participants more sensitive to the presence of hedge words, yielding a sense of uncertainty that led the participants to believe the testimony was not credible.
Download or read book Children s Testimony written by Michael E. Lamb and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Children’s Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse. Written for both practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, police officers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and social workers Explores a range of issues involved with children's testimony and their ability to provide reliable testimony about experienced or witnessed events, including abuse Avoids jargon and highly technical language Includes a comprehensive range of contributions from an international group of practitioners and researchers to ensure topicality and relevance
Download or read book JUROR PERCEPTIONS IN A RAPE TRIAL INFLUENCE OF COMPLAINANT SUBSTANCE USE AND JUROR EDUCATION ABOUT CONSENT LAWS AND RAPE MYTHS written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although rape is prevalent in the United States, conviction rates for perpetrators are low. Before developing a solution for low conviction rates in rape cases, researchers must examine factors that influence juror decisions in rape trials. The current study investigated the influence of complainant substance use and juror education about rape myths and sexual consent laws. Mock jurors were randomly assigned to one of twelve conditions and after reading the rape trial summary were asked to rate defendant guilt and complainant and defendant blameworthiness and credibility. Mock jurors in the education condition rated the defendant as significantly guiltier and more to blame for the sexual assault than did mock jurors in the no education condition.
Download or read book The Effects of Witness Confidence and Competence on Juror Perceptions of Credibility written by Bernard Edward Whitley and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complainant Credibility and General Expert Witness Testimony in Rape Trials electronic Resource written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complainant Credibility and General Expert Witness Testimony in Rape Trials electronic Resource written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Juror Attitudes and Biases in Sexual Assault Cases written by Natalie Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual assault has among the highest rates of acquittal and lowest rates of proven guilt compared with other offences. Given that more than 70 percent of sexual assault incidents are not reported to police and only about one in 10 reported incidents results in a guilty finding, increasing conviction rates for sexual assault is a key issue for the criminal justice system. This paper presents findings from two recent studies conducted by the Australian Institute of Criminology. These show that juror judgements in rape trials are influenced more by the attitudes, beliefs and biases about rape which jurors bring with them into the courtroom than by the objective facts presented, and that stereotypical beliefs about rape and victims of it still exist within the community. As jurors are members of the community and are randomly drawn in order to be representative of it, the two studies together indicate that successful prosecutions of sexual assault will remain low until we acknowledge that jurors interpret what they see in light of their own beliefs, experience and expectations. We need to know what these belief structures are and how they directly impact upon judgements in rape trials, if conviction rates are to improve.
