FOR62220/FOR6222 - Jury Dynamics & Decision Making

(3 units)

This course examines both group (jury) and individual (juror) deliberation and decision-making processes in a courtroom setting. The course explores the separate and interacting roles of cognition, bias, personality, attribution, belief, personal judgement, influence, extra-evidentiary and extralegal information, and group dynamics in the contexts of criminal and civil trials.