While jury decision making has received considerable attention from social scientists, there
have been few efforts to systematically pull together all the pieces of this research. In Jury …

This review of women's participation in the legal system as expert witnesses examines the
empirical literature on the perceived credibility and persuasiveness of women compared …

In 2006, the Government proposed allowing prosecutors in England and Wales to adduce
'general'expert witness testimony in rape cases. This initiative was based on two …

On the surface, few people would disagree with the idea that teaching should be informed
by science, decisions should be based on research, and various tools and materials should …

The effect of eye contact on credibility was examined via a 3 (low, medium, high eye
contact)× 2 (male, female) between-groups design with 232 undergraduate participants. A …

This study examined how manipulations of likeability and knowledge affected mock jurors'
perceptions of female and male expert witness credibility (N= 290). Our findings extend the …

Three studies investigated the effects of stereotype congruence on juror decision making by
focusing on how defendant gender affects the way in which jurors attend to aspects of the …

Forensic Psychology takes a broad-based perspective, incorporating both experimental and
clinical topics. This text includes current developments by theorists and researchers in the …

With the use of expert evidence increasing in civil and criminal trials, there is concern jurors'
decisions are affected by factors that are irrelevant to the quality of the expert opinion. Past …

Gender has been well-established as a fruitful subject of research with an extensive body of
literature. Yet some experts contend that, given the impact gender can have in a court of law …