PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Homicide, Stochastic Process, Prior Probability

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3CC3
• Professor: Tyler Pollock

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**sample mc questions will be posted in discussion section of avenue** ( 2 ) pretrial publicity. Us : free publicity, except for publishing info on minors. Canada : bans on publication: the media is constitutionally entitled to publish info about court cases, but there are exceptions which protect: The fairness and integrity of the case. The privacy or safety of victim or witness. Analyzed 14 us newspapers over 8 weeks for violations of the american bar. Only looking for how the media might negatively impact the case. Opinions of guilt or a strong case against suspect. 27% of stories were prejudicial towards the defendant. Majority of prejudicial information was about defendant"s character or guilt. Majority of prejudicial information was sourced from law enforcement or prosecutors. Conducted mock trials of cases with or without pretrial publicity containing: Unfavorable publicity impacts likelihood of getting guilt verdict (and has more of.