NCJ Number
40224
Editor(s)
G BERMANT,
C NEMETH,
N VIDMAR
Date Published
1976
Length
318 pages
Annotation
PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 1975 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN LEGAL PROCESSES CONFERENCE.
Abstract
THIS BOOK COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS EVIDENCE, PROCEDURE, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; JUROR PERCEPTIONS OF TRIAL TESTIMONY; RULES GOVERNING JURY DELIBERATION; AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AND JURY SELECTION. THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY PROFESSORS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, AND LEGAL EXPERTS. MATERIAL IS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK ON JUROR RATINGS OF THE HONESTY OF TRIAL PARTICIPANTS AND WITNESSES. THERE IS ALSO DATA ON ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MENTALLY DISABLED, BLACKS, AND WOMEN.