Fostering juror comfort: Effects of an orientation videotape

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-467

  Bradshaw, Gregory S ^a   Ross, David F ^b   Bradshaw, Emily E ^a   Headrick, Betty ^b   Thomas III, W Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^c Circuit Court Division IV ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Juror comfort; Juror knowledge; Juror orientation; Orientation videotape

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; JUROR; JUROR COMFORT; JUROR KNOWLEDGE AND COMFORT SCALE; JUROR ORIENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33644802081     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-5524-7     Document Type: Article

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