Exam 12: Law

Which attribute of an eyewitness to a crime is most likely to impact a jury's tendency to believe their testimony?

Which of the following has not been shown to bias a child's memory report?

When Valentine and Mesout (2009)fitted visitors to the London Dungeon with a wireless heart monitor,they found that

Breonna has been arrested for prostitution.She hires a lawyer who puts together a defense against the case created by the prosecuting attorney.Each side then presents its case in court.This scenario is an example of the

Eyewitnesses' reports of crime details can be altered by exposure to post-event information.This results from

A newly developing country hopes to maximize its citizens' satisfaction with its new legal system.The new leaders______________of this country must be sure to

Describe death qualification in the context of jury selection.Explain the controversy surrounding the practice.

Relative to deliberations in which the jury must reach a unanimous verdict,deliberations in which the jury can use a non-unanimous decision rule tend to

Which conclusion is not consistent with research on confessions?

Guilty suspects can fool a polygraph test if they

Research on inadmissible evidence suggests that,contrary to the judge's instructions,juries often pay attention to such information

Jurors often fail to adequately discount coerced confessions because of

Montresse has been found guilty of espionage in his home country.This nation usually prohibits the death penalty,but______________in unusually serious cases such as this,the death penalty may be permitted.In which country does Montresse live?

After Natalie testifies in court that she witnessed the defendant committing an armed robbery,a memory expert is called to testify on behalf of the defense.The expert testifies that Natalie's ability to encode the information accurately was probably impaired.Which factor did the expert most likely have in mind when he questioned Natalie's ability to acquire the information accurately?

When Gene is at a convenience store,he sees a robbery take place and hides behind a large display to avoid being victimized.Later he tells the police that he thinks that an African American woman was the culprit,and he points to the woman talking to a police officer on the other side of the parking lot.He doesn't realize that she actually owns______________the store and was working stocking a shelf near where the robbery occurred.Gene's memory that the woman was there but failure to recognize the circumstances under which he saw her is called the______________bias.

Explain the differences between the adversarial and inquisitorial models of justice and how those differences relate to satisfaction with the process.

Research suggests that it is easier to

Litigants at trial may remove prospective jurors from their jury through the use of peremptory challenges.Traditionally,no explanation has to be given for the use of a peremptory,but within the past few decades,the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that peremptories may not be based on a juror's

Prida has witnessed a violent crime involving a knife.Research suggests that he will be less likely to identify the culprit than in a situation where no knife was present because Prida will

Which of the following is not a component of jury selection?