Seattle University School of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Executive Director, AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence
CUNY John Jay College
Western Kentucky University
University of Michigan Law School
William & Mary Law School
Does Convenience Come With A Price? The Impact Of Remote Testimony On Expert Credibility And Decision-Making,
2023
The University of Southern Mississippi
Does Convenience Come With A Price? The Impact Of Remote Testimony On Expert Credibility And Decision-Making, Ashley Jones
Dissertations
Legal cases involving expert testimony, especially by forensic mental health professionals, is increasingly relying on remote testimony to reduce associated costs and increase availability of such services. There is some evidence to show that expert testimony delivered via videoconference (VC) is comparable to expert testimony delivered in person; however, the most compelling evidence for this claim is unpublished. Other evidence across disciplines showed relative comparability between VC and in-person modalities across various types of outcomes. Based on both unpublished and published findings, this study tested the hypothesis that minimal differences in measures of expert credibility, efficacy, and weight assigned to …
Gender And Deception: Moral Perceptions And Legal Responses,
2023
Georgetown University Law Center
Gender And Deception: Moral Perceptions And Legal Responses, Gregory Klass, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Decades of social science research has shown that the identity of criminal defendants and alleged victims often affects case outcomes. Parties’ race, gender, class, and age affect decisions of prosecutors, judges, juries, and other actors in the criminal system. Less studied has been how identity might affect other forms of legal regulation. This essay begins to explore how parties’ gender might figure into legal decisionmakers’ responses to deceptive behavior. More specifically, we explore the hypothesis that ordinary people tend to perceive deception of women as more wrongful than deception of men, and that such perceptions can affect both case outcomes …
Pressing The Verdict: The Social Influence Of Pretrial Publicity On Juror Biases,
2023
Claremont Colleges
Pressing The Verdict: The Social Influence Of Pretrial Publicity On Juror Biases, Kara Cato
CMC Senior Theses
Past psychological research has indicated that pretrial publicity has a significant impact on jury decision-making (Shniderman, 2013). This current review aims to expand on past research by investigating the social influence of pretrial publicity on juror biases. The effects of pretrial publicity on juror biases are examined through three mechanisms of social influence: story model, predecisional distortion, and conformity prejudice. This research inspects the relationship between media and the law by reviewing the pervasiveness of the media's depiction of criminal cases, the changing nature of media, and the biasing effects of media exposure. In addition, it explores the different forms …
Interconstituted Legal Agents,
2023
Marquette University Law School
Interconstituted Legal Agents, Christian Turner
Marquette Law Review
Legal theory and doctrine depend on underlying assumptions about human nature and sociality. Perhaps the most common and basic assumption is that we are separate persons who communicate imperfectly with one another. While this separation thesis has been questioned, it still dominates legal theory. However, I show that understanding separation and connection as alternative perspectives, rather than as ontologically true or false, reveals that legal conflict often arises when these perspectives give rise to clashing intuitions concerning the meaning of community and what constitutes goals and harms. This Article organizes perspectives on social relationships in increasing order of intersubjectivity: isolation, …
Let's Get Real: Weak Artificial Intelligence Has Free Speech Rights,
2022
Fordham University School of Law
Let's Get Real: Weak Artificial Intelligence Has Free Speech Rights, James B. Garvey
Fordham Law Review
The right to free speech is a strongly protected constitutional right under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly expanded free speech protections for corporations in Citizens United v. FEC. This case prompted the question: could other nonhuman actors also be eligible for free speech protection under the First Amendment? This inquiry is no longer a mere intellectual exercise: sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) may soon be capable of producing speech. As such, there are novel and complex questions surrounding the application of the First Amendment to AI. Some commentators argue that AI …
From Experiencing Abuse To Seeking Protection: Examining The Shame Of Intimate Partner Violence,
2022
Georgetown University Law Center
From Experiencing Abuse To Seeking Protection: Examining The Shame Of Intimate Partner Violence, A. Rachel Camp
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Shame permeates the experience of intimate partner violence (IPV). People who perpetrate IPV commonly use tactics designed to cause shame in their partners, including denigrating their dignity, undermining their autonomy, or harming their reputation. Many IPV survivors report an abiding sense of shame as a result of their victimization—from a lost sense of self, to self-blame, to fear of (or actual) social judgment. When seeking help for abuse, many survivors are directed to, or otherwise encounter, persons or institutions that reinforce rather than mitigate their shame. Survivors with marginalized social identities often must contend not only with the shame of …
Inducing Empathy In Jurors In A Capital Penalty Phase Trial: An Examination Of How To Reduce Jurors' Death Sentence Decisions,
2022
CUNY John Jay College
Inducing Empathy In Jurors In A Capital Penalty Phase Trial: An Examination Of How To Reduce Jurors' Death Sentence Decisions, Klaudia Zuraw
Student Theses
The present research explores whether inducing empathy in death-qualified mock jurors leads to fewer death sentences in a penalty phase trial. Previous research has shown that inducing empathy in jurors leads to lesser sentences and perceived responsibility of the perpetrator for the crime. However, none of this research has examined death penalty cases, and most have focused on instances where the victim was also the perpetrator of a separate crime against the defendant (e.g., abuse). Extending this line of research, the present study examines whether these results extend to instances where the perpetrator and victim are strangers. Additionally, considering the …
Traumatized Defendants, Troubled Attorneys: The Impact Of Vicarious Trauma On The Defense Attorney-Client Relationship,
2022
CUNY John Jay College
Traumatized Defendants, Troubled Attorneys: The Impact Of Vicarious Trauma On The Defense Attorney-Client Relationship, Charise Peters
Student Theses
Approximately 90% of justice-involved youth have experienced some form of trauma by the time they become involved in the justice system, and attorneys report being negatively impacted by their work with trauma-exposed populations generally. Yet, research has not focused on how varying degrees of youth trauma can impact attorney decisions and if that differs based on youth race. This study, therefore, explored vicarious trauma and its impact on juvenile defense attorneys, including how an attorney’s experience of vicarious trauma impacts case handling and perception of their youth client and how that differs based on client race and trauma history. We …
Using Workplace Personality To Guide Improvement Of Law Enforcement Selection,
2022
Hogan Assessment Systems
Using Workplace Personality To Guide Improvement Of Law Enforcement Selection, Chase A. Winterberg, Michael A. Tapia, Bradley J. Brummel
Personnel Assessment and Decisions
Recurrent police-public conflict suggests misalignment in desired police behavior between police and the public. We explored differences in desired police characteristics between police and members of the American public. Although racial minorities endorsed more negative attitudes of police overall, we found no meaningful differences in desired police characteristics between police and the public or between racial minority and majority participants. Second, we combined multiple criterion-related validation studies in similar jobs via meta-analyses and synthetic validity analyses to identify personality predictors of police performance dimensions. Third, we assessed base rates and adverse impact of these personality characteristics in police. Incumbent officers …
Get Your Head In The Game: Gamifying The Bar Examination,
2022
Mississippi College School of Law
Get Your Head In The Game: Gamifying The Bar Examination, Donald E. Campbell
Mississippi College Law Review
During a recent administration of the bar examination, I observed the following: a student who had a child ten days before the exam passed; a student on law review failed; a student whose predictors indicated he should fail the bar exam passed; two students who were in the library every day studying failed. Even though these folks were all taking the same exam, their outcomes varied dramatically, and there did not seem to be a common variable that predicted whether they would pass or fail. My first inclination was to throw up my hands in frustration and chalk it up …
Reducing Prejudice Through Law: Evidence From Experimental Psychology,
2022
Syracuse University
Reducing Prejudice Through Law: Evidence From Experimental Psychology, Sara Emily Burke, Roseanna Sommers
Articles
Can antidiscrimination law effect changes in public attitudes toward minority groups? Could learning, for instance, that employment discrimination against people with clinical depression is legally prohibited cause members of the public to be more accepting toward people with mental health conditions? In this Article, we report the results of a series of experiments that test the effect of inducing the belief that discrimination against a given group is legal (versus illegal) on interpersonal attitudes toward members of that group. We find that learning that discrimination is unlawful does not simply lead people to believe that an employer is more likely …
My Three Criminal Justice Careers,
2022
Kennesaw State University
My Three Criminal Justice Careers, Brisa Sanchez
Undergraduate Scholarly Works
This undergrad research paper is about the basics of the three components of criminal justice careers and the careers and salaries they do for a living.
Sacrificing The Public's Health: Conspiracies And Trust In The Scientific Enterprise,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Sacrificing The Public's Health: Conspiracies And Trust In The Scientific Enterprise, Katherine Drabiak
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
An International Law Perspective On Political Informational Warfare: The Challenges Of Combating The Weaponized Use Of Conspiracy Theories And Disinformation To Undermined Democracy,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
An International Law Perspective On Political Informational Warfare: The Challenges Of Combating The Weaponized Use Of Conspiracy Theories And Disinformation To Undermined Democracy, Kimberly Breedon
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Psychology Of Conspiracy Theories,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
The Psychology Of Conspiracy Theories, Daniel Jolley
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Gödel Conspiracy,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
The Gödel Conspiracy, F.E. Guerra-Pujol
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Donald Trump And The End Times: How Dispensational Premillennialism Connects Christians With The Big Election Lie,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Donald Trump And The End Times: How Dispensational Premillennialism Connects Christians With The Big Election Lie, David W. Opderbeck
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Un-Reality Of Democratic Order: An Alternative,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
The Un-Reality Of Democratic Order: An Alternative, Nick Sciullo
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Conspiracy Theories And The U.S. President's Exercise Of Free Speech On Social Media: Constitutional Issues And Challenges,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Conspiracy Theories And The U.S. President's Exercise Of Free Speech On Social Media: Constitutional Issues And Challenges, Cynthia Boyer
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Capital Offense: Is Donald Trump Guilty Of Inciting A Riot At The Capital?,
2022
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Capital Offense: Is Donald Trump Guilty Of Inciting A Riot At The Capital?, Michael Conklin
University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
