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- Title
Expert Testimony and Jury Decision Making: An Empirical Analysis.
- Authors
Cutler, Brian L.; Dexter, Hedy R.; Penrod, Steven D.
- Abstract
This experiment examines the influence of expert psychological testimony on juror decision making in eyewitness identification cases. Experienced jurors and undergraduate mock jurors viewed versions of a videotaped trial, rated the credibility of the eyewitness and the strength of the prosecution's and defense's cases, and rendered verdicts. In the absence of expert testimony jurors were insensitive to eyewitness evidence. Expert testimony improved juror sensitivity to eyewitness evidence without making them more skeptical about the accuracy of the eyewitness identification. Few differences emerged between the experienced jurors and undergraduate mock jurors.
- Subjects
EYEWITNESS identification; JURY; EXPERT evidence; WITNESSES; ACTIONS &; defenses (Administrative law)
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1989, Vol 7, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.2370070206