PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, Cross-Examination, Judicial Notice
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Canada: not as big of a deal; jury selection is the main area where psychologists assist in. Hiring people to pick the best jury figure out who is going to be a good juror: witness preparation. Jury selection: cross examination techniques, how to present yourself, how to come off a certain way. Theory of the case: discussion of what they"re going to go with, how do they explain, cross examination techniques. Impact of pretrial publicity: anything beyond the average knowledge of the average individual, battered women"s syndrome, eyewitness testimony. Oj simpson murder trial: both the prosecution and the defense hired trial consultants to help with jury selection. The trial consultants on both side came to similar conclusions: want men on the jury more accepting of domestic violence and know about oj simpson. Prosecution wanted people high in education so they understood, defense wanted people low in education: defense wanted ethnicity and prosecution wanted less diversity.
