jury decision

Question 1

what is a first ao1 point for jury descisions

Answer 1

a jury is collective group of people who have to deliberate and conclude on the accuseds fate

Question 2

what are the ao1 key features of characteristics of defendant

Answer 2

gender-
males are more likely to be convicted of a crime rater than female
physical attractiveness
race

Question 3

what evidance can we do to prove gender

Answer 3

ahola et al - found in a mock jury trials that female defendants seemed to recive shorter sentences than male defendants.
t/f showing gender does affect jury decisions

Question 4

what are evidance points of physical atractivness

Answer 4

ach - suggest mechanism of the halo effect that when people know one good thing about defendent then a halo of personality of character is meseaured

Question 5

what is anouther supporting research for physical attractivness

Answer 5

dion - suggested that ‘what is beautiful is good’ attractive people are viewed as having more attractive personalities

Question 6

what can support the idea of race in jury characteristics

Answer 6

baron and byrne suggest three reasons for this :
racial bias by juries
african-american commit more crimes
white americans have greater income to pay for better lawyers

Question 7

what is evidance to support race

Answer 7

brandbury and williams found that black defendents are less likely to be found guilty by juries composed of a higher proportion of black jurors and are more likely to be found guilty juries compared to white

Question 8

what is a general evaluation of jury desicions

Answer 8

positive applications to society

Question 9

what is a general weakness of jusry descisions

Answer 9

mock trials
many trials use mock trials - wich lacks ecological validity