Doctoral Dissertation Research: Juror Honesty and Candor During Voir Dire Questioning: The Influence of Impression Management

这一项目的重点是法官对预审的介绍在多大程度上可以提高潜在陪审员(庭审人员)在预审期间的自我表露程度。这项研究有两个主要组成部分。第一项是对实际重罪审判的庭审笔录进行分析，以系统地确定法官和律师是否强调陪审员的公正和公正标准，而不是强调庭审期间的诚实和坦诚。第二个部分是一项实验室实验，旨在测试这种陈述对自我表露和诚实的影响，并模拟面试程序。在这部分研究中，强调陪审员公平和公正的标准与另一种强调公开和诚实地自我披露态度和经历的标准进行了比较，无论这些态度和经历是否会被取消资格。这项研究的参与者将是符合陪审团资格的社区居民。先前的研究表明，潜在陪审员可能不会在开庭审理期间披露重要信息。这里正在进行的实验研究将开始解释其中的原因。此外，一种理论上将提高自我表露和诚实程度的方法正在接受测试

This project focuses on the extent to which judges' introduction to voir dire can increase the level of self disclosure of potential jurors (venirepersons) during voir dire. The research has two major components. The first is an analysis of voir dire transcripts of actual felony trials to determine systematically whether judges and attorneys emphasize a juror standard of being fair and impartial and less so on being honest and forthcoming during voir dire. The second component is a laboratory experiment to test the consequences of such presentations on self-disclosure and honesty during an interview modeled on voir dire procedures. In this portion of the research, the emphasis on the standard of juror fairness an impartiality is compared to an alternative emphasis on a standard of open an honest self-disclosure of attitudes and experiences whether or not the may be disqualifying. Participants in this research are to be jury eligible community residents. Previous research has shown that potential jurors may not disclose important information during voir dire. The experimental research herein being conducted will begin to explain why. Further, a method that theoretically will increase the self-disclosure and honesty is being tested