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Juror Competence

Juror Competence is an academic construct denoting the requisite cognitive, evaluative, and ethical capacities of an individual to understand, impartially assess, and responsibly engage in the adjudicative functions of a jury trial within a legal system.

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138

Authors

73

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

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Publications

68

Juror decision making: The importance of evidence.

Christy A. Visher · Law and Human Behavior · 1987 · 150 citations

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Instructing jurors: A field experiment with written and preliminary instructions.

Larry Heuer, Steven Penrod · Law and Human Behavior · 1989 · 140 citations

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Improving the Ability of Jurors to Comprehend and Apply Criminal Jury Instructions

Laurence J. Severance, Elizabeth F. Loftus · Law & Society Review · 1982 · 121 citations

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How Well Do Jurors Reason? Competence Dimensions of Individual Variation in a Juror Reasoning Task

Deanna Kuhn, Michael Weinstock, Robin Flaton · Psychological Science · 1994 · 103 citations

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Describing jurors' personal conceptions of insanity and their relationship to case judgments.

Jennifer L. Skeem, Stephen L. Golding · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2001 · 95 citations

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Authors

138

  1. IA
    Irwin A. Horowitz

    Oregon State University, United States

    4 publications · 103 citations

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  2. NV
    Neil Vidmar

    Western University, Canada

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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  3. EF
    Elizabeth F. Loftus

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 216 citations

    3

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  4. EG
    Edith Greene

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    3 publications · 159 citations

    3

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  5. LJ
    Laurence J. Severance

    United States Army, United States

    3 publications · 216 citations

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Institutions

73

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    208 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  3. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    59 citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    130 citations

  5. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    114 citations

  7. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    62 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

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Venues

  1. Law and Human Behavior

    7 publications · 439 citations

    7

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  2. Psychology Public Policy and Law

    4 publications · 160 citations

    4

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  3. Indiana law journal

    ILJ · 3 publications · 59 citations

    3

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  4. Judicature

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  5. Journal of Applied Psychology

    2 publications · 56 citations

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