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The Validity of Jury Decision-Making Research
Book chapter

The Validity of Jury Decision-Making Research

David DeMatteo and Natalie Anumba
Jury Psychology: Social Aspects of Trial Processes, pp 1-23
2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315590790-1

Abstract

Pretrial Publicity Fourteenth Amendment Rights Actual Jurors jury decision-making research social scientists Research Designs Ecological Validity Jury Simulation Civil Jury Trials Trial Simulation Legal Practitioners Typical Research Designs federal law Low External Validity Jury Simulation Research Chicago Jury Project Jury Instructions jury psychology Self-imposed Moratorium Social Science Research Jury Decision Making Mock Jurors Jury Research Jury Selection Jury Deliberations Low Ecological Validity Internal Validity External Validity
This chapter discusses the history of jury decision-making research and the typical research designs used to study jury decision-making. It begins by discussing the responses to jury decision-making research among the legal community and social scientists. The chapter addresses the major criticisms that have been leveled against jury decision-making research and explores the important question of whether jury decision-making research permits valid inferences. It describes the research designs that are most commonly used in jury decision-making research. The chapter concludes by identifying promising avenues for future research. The 1970s marked the end to self-imposed moratorium on jury decision-making research. In the jury research context, a field study involves the natural observation of actual jurors during a trial. Much of the discussion of research in the field of psychology and law concerns itself with the delicate balance that yields research of good quality. This chapter discusses the history of jury decision-making research and the typical research designs used to study jury decision-making. It begins by discussing the responses to jury decision-making research among the legal community and social scientists. The chapter addresses the major criticisms that have been leveled against jury decision-making research and explores the important question of whether jury decision-making research permits valid inferences. It describes the research designs that are most commonly used in jury decision-making research. The chapter concludes by identifying promising avenues for future research. The 1970s marked the end to self-imposed moratorium on jury decision-making research. In the jury research context, a field study involves the natural observation of actual jurors during a trial. Much of the discussion of research in the field of psychology and law concerns itself with the delicate balance that yields research of good quality.

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