Australian Jurors' Perspectives on Expert Evidence

这个跨州、行业和研究的合作项目将阐明法院、律师和专家如何最好地合作，协助陪审团完成决策任务。由于刑事陪审团审判的费用每天超过20，000美元，政策制定者热衷于寻找提高刑事审判效率的方法。改善陪审团制度的表现将通过提高刑事司法制度的质量和降低其费用而使澳大利亚社会受益。通过让法官和法医科学家密切参与这个项目，我们最大限度地提高了我们的研究成果被那些有能力改善陪审团制度的人所采用的潜力。

This inter-state, industry and research collaborative project will shed light on how courts, lawyers and experts can best work together to assist juries in their decision-making task. With the cost of a criminal jury trial running well in excess of $20,000 per day, policy-makers are keen to find ways of improving the efficiency of criminal trials. Improving the performance of the jury system will benefit the Australian community by enhancing the quality and reducing the cost of the criminal justice system. By intimately involving the judges and forensic scientists in this project we maximise the potential for the results of our research to be adopted by those in a position to improve the jury system.