The Effects of Legal and Extralegal Factors on Mock-Jurors' Attribution of Criminal Responsibility

该项目的第一个目标是通过使用模拟陪审员模拟精神错乱辩护审判来实证评估模拟陪审员精神错乱辩护判决如何受到以下因素的影响：a)将举证责任转移给被告；B)“有罪但有精神疾病”的判决选择的可得性；c)缩小精神病测试或标准。第二个目标是经验地确定（同样是用模拟陪审员）被告和受害者的种族如何影响精神错乱审判领域陪审员的决策。此外，PI还建议调查陪审员对以下问题的态度：a)“正当法律程序”与“犯罪控制”；B)死刑；C)精神错乱辩护本身；d)专家心理证词的有效性/可信度与他们的精神错乱辩护判决有关。就精神错乱辩护而言，最基本的问题之一是：影响陪审员作出“因精神错乱而无罪”判决的因果有效因素是什么？

The first goal of this project is to empirically assess, by using a simulated insanity defense trial with mock-jurors how mock-juror insanity defense verdicts are affected by: a) shifting the burden of proof to the defendants; b) the availability of the "guilty but mentally ill" verdict choice; and, c) narrowing insanity tests or standards. The second goal is to empirically determine (again with mock-jurors) how race of defendant and race of victim influences juror decision-making within the insanity trial domain. In addition, the PI proposes to examine how jurors's attitudes toward: a) "due process of law" versus "crime control"; b) the death penalty; c) the insanity defense itself; and d) the efficacy/believability of expert psychological testimony relate to their insanity defense verdicts. One of the most fundamental questions being asked in regard to the insanity defense is: What are the causally efficacious factors which affect juror determination of a "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI)" verdict?