Gruesome graphic evidence such as autopsy photographs and damaged corpses in
criminal cases may affect some individuals involved in the trial. Specifically, individuals may …

For some journalists and commentators, the election of Barack Obama as America's first
African-American president, and the candidacy of Hillary Clinton as the first female major …

This study follows 4715 Family Harm cases for which charges are laid (from around 15,000
events from 2018–2020). Comparisons are made between cases where a digitally recorded …

In order to consider the relevant relationships between emotion, information processing and
judicial judgment, this study evaluated the impact of positive (amusement), negative …

Jurors are often subject to psychological health issues like secondary trauma and post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to exposure to gruesome graphic evidence. Against …

The notion of levels can be found in many everyday expressions, such as top-level
destination, entry-level sales, low-level panic, high risk level, basic-level research, high level …

Capital trials introduce several emotional components beyond what occurs within a typical
trial. Furthermore, in cases where a defendant's mental state has been called into question …

The research described in this dissertation addresses lingering questions in the literature
regarding the influence of gruesome photographs on individual perceptions and emotional …

Since antiquity, rhetoricians have focused on both persuasion in the courtroom directed at
judges and juries and persuasion in the context of interpreting written texts such as …

Abstract [eng] Decisions, including legal ones, are influenced by intuitive ways of information
processing, otherwise known as heuristics. One of them is affect heuristic. This heuristic can …