PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Scientific Jury Selection, Voir Dire, Central Park Jogger Case
12 Mar 2014
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Page 1 of 9: crime must be detected and reported. Through investigation, police find suspect and decide whether or not to make an arrest: the suspect is jailed or bail is set, and judge or grand jury decides if there is sufficient evidence for a formal accusation. For those in prison, decisions concerning release are made by parole boards: the collection, presentation, and evaluation of evidence are imperfect human enterprises subject to bias. Through an understanding of social psychology, we can identify some problems and their solutions. Scientific jury selection: use of jury consultants began during vietnam war with trial of the harrisburg seven. Jay schulman interviewed 840 residents of the local community: ideal defense juror: female democrat with no religious preference, and white-collar job, defense selected jury, resulting in 10 to 2 in favour of acquittal despite strong evidence, o. j.
