Mock juries, real trials: how to solve (some) problems with jury science

Ross, Lewis ORCID: 0000-0001-9683-9924 (2024) Mock juries, real trials: how to solve (some) problems with jury science. Journal of Law and Society, 51 (3). 324 - 342. ISSN 0263-323X

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Abstract

Jury science is fraught with difficulty. Since legal and institutional hurdles render it all but impossible to study live criminal jury deliberation, researchers make use of various indirect methods to evaluate jury performance. However, each of these methods is open to methodological criticism and, strikingly, some of the highest-profile jury research programmes in recent years have reached opposing conclusions. Uncertainty about jury performance is an obstacle for legal reform; ongoing debate about the ‘justice gap’ for complainants of sexual offences has rendered these problems acute. This article proposes a way to advance the debate.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14676478
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology K Law > K Law (General) L Education B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2024 15:48
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2024 00:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122243

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