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

这个项目的重点是在何种程度上，法官对口头审查的介绍可以提高潜在陪审员（venirepersons）在口头审查期间的自我披露水平。这项研究有两个主要组成部分。首先是对实际重罪审判的口头审查记录进行分析，以系统地确定法官和律师在口头审查期间是否强调公平和公正的陪审员标准，而较少强调诚实和坦率。第二个组成部分是一个实验室实验，以测试这种演讲对自我披露和诚实程度的影响。在这一部分的研究中，强调陪审员公平和公正的标准与另一种强调公开诚实的自我披露态度和经验的标准进行了比较，无论是否可能被取消资格。本研究的参与者必须是符合陪审团资格的社区居民。先前的研究表明，潜在的陪审员可能不会在审查过程中透露重要信息。这里正在进行的实验研究将开始解释原因。此外，一种理论上会增加自我披露和诚实的方法正在测试中

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