Turning Mirrors Into Windows
Assessing the Impact of (Mock) Juror Education in Rape Trials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Ellison (0000-0002-8030-990X, University of Leeds), Vanessa E Munro (0000-0002-2552-9651, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 363-383 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azp013 |
| OpenAlex | W2096233753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 35 |
In 2006, the Government proposed allowing prosecutors in England and Wales to adduce ‘general’ expert witness testimony in rape cases. This initiative was based on two assumptions—first, that jurors currently lack an adequate understanding of rape complainants’ post-assault behaviour (which, in turn, generates inappropriate inferences regarding credibility) and, second, that expert testimony offers a useful vehicle for addressing such juror ignorance. In a previous article, the authors reported on a mock jury study that provided empirical support for the first of these claims—at least in regard to a complainant's calm demeanour, delayed reporting or lack of physical resistance. In this article, the authors investigate whether educational guidance presented at trial—via expert testimony or an expansive judicial instruction—can have the intended beneficial impact of redressing popular misconceptions, thereby leading to a fairer assessment of complainant credibility in rape cases.
Computer security · Credibility · Criminology · Expansive · Expert witness · Government (linguistics) · Ignorance · Jury · Jury instructions · Plaintiff · Political science · Witness · Computer Science · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
Challenging criminal justice? Psychosocial disability and rape victimization
Behavior displayed by female victims during rapes committed by lone and multiple perpetrators
Narrative, Theatre, and the Disruptive Potential of Jury Directions in Rape Trials
Sexual Assault Law, Credibility, and “Ideal Victims”
Inoculation in the Courtroom
Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation
Ched Evans, rape myths and Medusa's gaze
Reason to disbelieve
Different Functions of Rape Myth Use in Court
Reasoning from background knowledge
Credibility in context
Handle with care
What do we know about rape myths and juror decision making
Bigger fish to fry
What do we know about the effectiveness of juror education in rape and serious sexual offence trials
Self-Defense or Undermining the Self? Exploring the Possibilities and Limitations of a Novel Anti-Rape Technology
Relatively Unworthy Victims? Middle-Aged Women as Rape Survivors
Innovating the Problem Away? A Critical Study of Anti-Rape Technologies
I Think it’s Rape and I Think He Would be Found Not Guilty’
How Rape Myths Are Used and Challenged in Rape and Sexual Assault Trials
In Your Face
Of ‘Normal Sex’ and ‘Real Rape’
A ‘Special’ Delivery? Exploring the Impact of Screens, Live-Links and Video-Recorded Evidence on Mock Juror Deliberation in Rape Trials
The Victim of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in the Irish Courts 1999–2006
It is Not for Me to Say Whether Consent Was Given or Not’
The most persistent rape myth? A qualitative study of ‘delay’ in complaint in Victorian rape trials
The Impact of Rape Myth Education on Jury Decision-Making
Homicide Offenders’ Perceptions of Procedural Justice in Ghana’s Criminal Courts
A systematic review of juries' assessment of rape victims
Trying to Move the Elephant in the Living Room
The “Justice Gap” for Sexual Assault Cases
Judges as myth-busters
When trial interventions are likely to reduce the impact of rape myths on juror decisions
Morphology is a witness which doesn't lie
Closing the Credibility Gap
Expert Evidence of Delay in Complaint in Childhood Sexual Abuse Prosecutions
Rape trauma experts in the courtroom
Rape Trauma Syndrome
Explaining the evidence
On the requirements of proof
Expert psychological testimony in rape trials
The case for expert testimony about eyewitness memory
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |