Psychology 2990A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Actus Reus, Geographic Profiling, Robert Pickton

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Part 1: how common are jury trials: two types of trials, civil trials disputes between citizens/groups. No absolute right to a jury trial (depends on provincial territorial legislation) Allowed in ontario, but not quebec: criminal trials offences against the crown. Right to jury trial is guaranteed in criminal code. But, only for more serious offences (penalty of 5+ yrs in prison) They apply the law (as defined by judges) Render a unanimous verdict of guilty or not guilty. Ju(cid:396)ies (cid:862)(cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)t the (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:449)he(cid:396)e the (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)ed (cid:894)adds legiti(cid:373)a(cid:272)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) acceptance to verdicts) E(cid:396)(cid:448)es as the (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) of the (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:272)a(cid:374) gua(cid:396)d agai(cid:374)st la(cid:449)s that a(cid:396)e pe(cid:396)ceived to be unfair; ex. Part 3: what are the characteristics of a (cid:862)good(cid:863) jury: representative of the community (where the crime occurred, (cid:862)t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al(cid:863) sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) p(cid:396)o(cid:272)edu(cid:396)e: Obtain list of people in community (ex. Voter registration, census, local phone book) (cid:862)ju(cid:396)(cid:455) pool(cid:863) Randomly select group of people from jury pool (ex.