1st Edition

Beliefs and Expectancies in Legal Decision Making

Edited By Bradley McAuliff, Brian Bornstein Copyright 2015
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Beliefs and expectancies influence our everyday thoughts, feelings, and actions. These attributes make a closer examination of beliefs and expectancies worthwhile in any context, but particularly so within the high-stakes arena of the legal system. Whether the decision maker is a police officer assessing the truthfulness of an alibi, a juror evaluating the accuracy of an eyewitness... Read more

1. Introduction: Beliefs and expectancies in legal decision making Bradley D. McAuliff and Brian H. Bornstein  2. Beliefs about alibis and alibi investigations: a survey of law enforcement Jennifer E. Dysart and Deryn Strange  3. Do jurors get what they expect? Traditional versus alternative forms of children’s testimony Bradley D. McAuliff and Margaret Bull Kovera  4. The effects of mock jurors’ beliefs about eyewitness performance on trial judgments Tess M.S. Neal, Ashley Christiansen, Brian H. Bornstein and Timothy R. Robicheaux  5. Minimization and maximization techniques: assessing the perceived consequences of confessing and confession diagnosticity Allyson J. Horgan, Melissa B. Russano, Christian A. Meissner and Jacqueline R. Evans  6. Perceptions of sexual assault: expectancies regarding the emotional response of a rape victim over time Marc A. Klippenstine and Regina Schuller  7. Terminating parental rights: the relation of judicial experience and expectancy-related factors to risk perceptions in child protection cases Alicia Summers, Sophia Gatowski and Shirley Dobbin  8. Attorney and lay beliefs about factors affecting jurors’ perceptions of juvenile offender culpability Catherine R. Camilletti and Matthew H. Scullin



Biography

Bradley D. McAuliff, JD, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Northridge, USA. He is Associate Editor of the journal Law & Human Behavior.



Brian H. Bornstein, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Courtesy Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is co-editor of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law.