Negative and Positive Pretrial Publicity Affect Juror Memory and Decision Making

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-235

  Ruva, Christine L ^a   McEvoy, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

juror bias; juror decision making; juror memory; pretrial publicity; source memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; RECALL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEWSPAPERS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 54949087897     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.14.3.226     Document Type: Article

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