Developing a Model of Jury Decision Making: The Influence of Group Dynamic Variables on Story Construction

过去的研究者已经确定了陪审员个人决策的模型，其他人已经确定了影响群体决策过程的变量。然而，到目前为止，还没有一个统一的模型，陪审团的决策，占这两个领域的研究。本项目将是第一个将群体过程研究与陪审团决策的故事模型（最广泛接受的陪审团决策模型）研究相结合的项目，开始创建陪审团决策的综合模型的过程。模拟陪审员将观看重新制定的审判，然后审议裁决。审议将编码的物流，内容，复杂性，以及陪审团是否创建统一的故事（以及他们讨论了多少故事）。审议后，陪审员将单独回答几个问题，他们在审判和审议过程中发展的故事。调查人员将使用这些定性和定量的措施来检查是否故事模型转化为群体决策，以及为什么陪审员在审议过程中改变他们对证据，证人或裁决的决定。本项目将为学生提供参与社会科学的机会，将教学，培训，学习和研究融为一体。 此外，这项研究的结果将广泛传播给可能接触到科学家的渠道，以促进科学研究。 它还将传播给律师，法官，警察和社区成员，以扩大对陪审团决策过程的理解，以及可以做些什么来提高陪审团的决定的质量。 这项研究的结果将提供有价值的信息审议过程中，并将开始发展的陪审团决策的统一理论，整合我们所知道的个人陪审员的决策过程与群体决策过程。

Past researchers have identified models of individual juror decision making, and others have identified variables that influence the decision making processes of groups. However, to date, there is no unified model of jury decision making that accounts for both of these areas of research. This project will be the first to integrate research on group processes with research on the story model of jury decision making (the most widely accepted model of juror decision making) to begin the process of creating a comprehensive model of jury decision making. Mock jurors will view a re-enacted trial and then deliberate to a verdict. Deliberations will be coded for logistics, content, complexity, and whether juries create unified stories (and how many stories they discuss). After deliberation, jurors will individually answer several questions about the story they developed during trial and deliberation. The investigator will use these qualitative and quantitative measures to examine whether the story model translates to the group decision and why jurors change their decisions about evidence, witnesses, or verdict during deliberation. This project will provide opportunities for students to participate in social science in an integration of teaching, training, learning, and research. In addition, results of this research will be disseminated broadly to outlets likely to reach scientists in order to further scientific research. It will also be disseminated to attorneys, judges, police officers, and community members to expand understanding of the jury decision making process as well as what can be done to improve the quality of the jury's decision. The results of this research will provide valuable information about the deliberation process, and will begin the development of a unified theory of jury decision making that integrates what we know about the individual juror's decision making process with the group decision making process.