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Understanding Terrorism Trials
The shadow of terrorism falls over courts as well as many other public institutions. Could juries be expected to remain impartial in an age of terrorism? This chapter shows how the book sets out to...
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The Legal Landscape in Terrorism Trials
Terrorist fears have led to harsh counter-terrorism laws that may threaten individual liberties, and undermine the right to a fair trial. This chapter reviews how these harsh laws have developed and...
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CSI Effects on Jury Reasoning and Verdicts
Most previous studies suggested the CSI effect was largely a fiction. In the first study in this project we found an effect – jurors who were most conditioned by CSI watching had higher conviction...
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Images of Interactive Virtual Environments: Do They Affect Verdicts?
This chapter reviews the estimated impacts of the experimental intervention – the interactive virtual environment. Differences were generally small. Jurors who were classified as visual learners were...
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Gruesome Evidence: The Use of Beheading Videos and Other Disturbing Pictures...
Most people find gruesome images compelling. This chapter argues that showing jurors images such as beheading or other atrocities add little relevant information, but creates disgust and anger,...
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Research Aims and Methods
The Sydney Bomber study had two parts, and used a variety of observational, experimental and survey methods to examine how jurors responded to different conditions, how they deliberated and how their...
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The Effect of Deliberation on Jury Verdicts
Deliberation did reduce conviction rates. Interestingly the difference was greatest in those who were most afraid of terrorism. The post The Effect of Deliberation on Jury Verdicts appeared first on...
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The Sydney Bomber Study: Introducing the Mock Jurors
Mock jurors were fairly similar to regular jurors. By developing an in-depth profile of the mock jurors based on the beliefs and attitudes that they held when they arrived for jury duty, we could...
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Juries, Science and Popular Culture in the Age of Terror
Edited by David Tait and Jane Goodman-Delahunty Courts around the world are struggling with how to deal with the Age of Terror whilst protecting human rights, the rule of law and the legitimacy of the...
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Trust in juries and courts in the Age of Terror
By Wes Ward, Charles Sturt University Thursday 8 June 2017 A book co-edited and part-written by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) legal expert has addressed the complex challenges faced by courts in...
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