Judges and jurors are asked to comb through horrific evidence of accidents and crimes
when choosing verdicts and punishment. These factfinders are likely to experience and …

Sexual harassment is pervasive and has adverse effects on its victims, yet perceiving sexual
harassment is wrought with ambiguity, making harassment difficult to identify and …

Due to the rising appeal of travel, as well as the appearance of low-cost carriers that fly to
both popular and exotic destinations, people nowadays tend to book their accommodation …

Police investigators, immigration officials, and other investigative interviewers often interview
individuals from different cultural backgrounds about potentially traumatising events. Much …

Judicial instructions are a practical, but not always effective, way of providing education to
jurors to help them evaluate the evidence given by witnesses. In this research, we …

There is concern that jurors' decisions in rape trials might be influenced by misleading cues
(eg, victim stereotypes) potentially explaining disproportionately low conviction rates. We …

Purpose Legal scholars have criticized the introduction of victim impact statement (VIS)
delivery in criminal proceedings due to their potential of biasing legal decisions about guilt …

It is unclear how effectively jurors perform their task of assessing witness credibility. Drawing
on evidence from a mock jury study involving 863 mock jurors deliberating across 64 juries …

The aim of this article is to provide a better understanding of how, in practice, judges use
nonverbal communication during bench trials. The article starts with an overview of legal …

Thirty years ago, legal scholars and social scientists began to note the legal systems'
skepticism of women in general and victims of genderbased violence in particular.'Despite …