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Prejudicial Evidence

Prejudicial Evidence is a type of evidentiary material that, while potentially probative, carries a significant risk of unduly influencing a decision-maker by appealing to bias, emotion, or prejudice rather than substantive merit, thereby undermining the fairness of an adversarial or adjudicative process.

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2017–2026

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Law and the Emotions

Eric A. Posner · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2000 · 178 citations · Full text

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Can the Jury Disregard that Information? The Use of Suspicion to Reduce the Prejudicial Effects of Pretrial Publicity and Inadmissible Testimony

Steven Fein, Allison L. McCloskey, Thomas M. Tomlinson · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1997 · 119 citations

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Homophobia?

Colleen R. Logan · Journal of Homosexuality · 1996 · 104 citations

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Pretrial publicity: The media, the law, and common sense.

Christina A. Studebaker, Steven Penrod · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 1997 · 77 citations

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The prejudicial nature of victim impact statements: Implications for capital sentencing policy.

Bryan Myers, Edith Greene · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2004 · 72 citations

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Authors

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  1. ZE
    Zanita E. Fenton

    University of Miami, United States

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  2. RA
    Regina A. Schuller

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  3. RC
    Robert C. Post

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  4. EG
    Edith Greene

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    2 publications · 114 citations

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  5. EA
    Eric A. Posner

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 193 citations

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Institutions

39

  1. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  2. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  3. Williams College

    Williamstown, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    410 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    193 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  6. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    105 citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  8. University of Toledo

    Toledo, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 282 citations

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  2. Psychiatry Psychology and Law

    3 publications · 69 citations

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  3. Psychology Public Policy and Law

    3 publications · 167 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    3 publications · 59 citations

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  5. Law and Human Behavior

    2 publications · 99 citations

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