1st Edition
Free Press Vs. Fair Trials Examining Publicity's Role in Trial Outcomes
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Current research on media and the law has generally been atheoretical and contradictory. This volume explains why pretrial publicity is unlikely to affect the outcome of most jury trials, despite many experimental studies claiming to show the influence of publicity. It reviews existing literature on the topic and includes results from the authors' own research in an effort to answer four... Read more
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. What We Think We Know. Field Research. Pretrial Publicity and Media Theory: "General" Publicity Revisited. Conclusions. Appendix: Detailed Discussion of City-Level Data.
Biography
Jon Bruschke, William Earl Loges
