Justice and Credibility: About Bridges Built by Judges

Judges', lay judges', and police officers' beliefs about factors affecting children's testimony about sexual abuse.

The authors examined Swedish judges', lay judges', and police officers' beliefs about factors that may complicate or facilitate children's reports of sexual abuse. Participants (N = 562) rated potential complicating and facilitating factors and freely reported which criteria they considered important when assessing the reliability of child witnesses. The groups had similar opinions regarding wh...

Investigators' and judges' opinions about civil commitment.

As part of our work with the Oregon Task Force on Civil Commitment, we surveyed the judges and commitment investigators involved in the state's involuntary treatment program. In Oregon the investigators recommend whether or not a commitment hearing should be held. These mental health professionals indicated that current confidentiality laws restrict their access to important information. The in...

Should Judges Worry About the “CSI Effect”?

of the American Judges Association American Judges Association 2007 Court Review : Volume 44 , Issue 1 / 2 – Children and Procedural Justice

Credibility of Stories about Design History

There is evidence that a story about design history is credible to the extent that it coheres with object affordances. Results that support this theory were generally obtained with artificial materials learned in laboratory experiments. In the current experiment, we extend these findings to real artifacts that occur naturally outside the laboratory. We presented participants of different levels...