Unintentional Bias in Court
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Assumptions, stereotypes and contextual information can influence judgement unintentionally, and result in suboptimal reasoning. Studies show that this affects decisions of forensic experts, witnesses and mock jurors. As most people are unaware of their cognitive biases, they are hard to control, but their effect may be mitigated by a variety of targeted strategies. Training judges and educating jurors may reduce the influence of cognitive biases in court. The President of the Supreme Court advocates improved access for researchers to study biases in the justice system.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015