Jury Decision Making and Social Network Analysis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783836438278)

In this work I combine the social network analysis approach with the tradi-tional experimental approach to study the phenomena of jury decision-making. I examine whether with each trial a social network is formed. The jurors, the two teams of lawyers, as well as the accused and the judge, all form a social network with cliques and leaders. This division of individuals into specific cliques, along with the lawyers' performance in court, is hypothesized to have a significant impact on the jury's verdict. Thus, by specifically studying the lawyers' engagement and disengagement on the jurors during a trial and the impact this has on the verdict, as well as understanding the structure of the social network that the individual jurors create, I hope to shed light on some of the influences that are key in delivering the verdict. In addition, this pioneering study may lead to signi-ficant policy changes in the future as well as explain the power of the society on verdicts.

Author: Katarzyna Hano
ISBN-10: 3836438275
ISBN-13: 9783836438278
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2008
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.33d