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Pretrial Publicity

Pretrial Publicity is a type of media communication that disseminates information about a criminal case to the public prior to trial, distinguished by its potential to influence juror impartiality and shape perceptions of defendant culpability through exposure to factual, speculative, or sensationalized content outside the courtroom.

51

Publications

2.5K

Citations

82

Authors

46

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Pretrial Media Coverage

Parents

Publications

51

Pretrial publicity, judicial remedies, and jury bias.

Geoffrey P. Kramer, Norbert L. Kerr, John S. Carroll · Law and Human Behavior · 1990 · 205 citations

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The effects of pretrial publicity on juror verdicts: A meta-analytic review.

Nancy Mehrkens Steblay, Jasmina Besirevic, Solomon M. Fulero et al. · Law and Human Behavior · 1999 · 179 citations

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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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The biasing impact of pretrial publicity on juror judgments.

Amy L. Otto, Steven Penrod, Hedy R. Dexter · Law and Human Behavior · 1994 · 107 citations

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Understanding the limits of limiting instructions: Social psychological explanations for the failures of instructions to disregard pretrial publicity and other inadmissible evidence.

Joel D. Lieberman, Jamie Arndt · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2000 · 98 citations

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Authors

82

  1. CL
    Christine L. Ruva

    University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee, United States

    6 publications · 273 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. SP
    Steven Penrod

    John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States

    4 publications · 293 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. BL
    Brian L. Cutler

    Florida International University, United States

    4 publications · 200 citations

    4

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  4. GM
    Gary Moran

    Florida International University, United States

    3 publications · 175 citations

    3

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  5. DL
    Daniel Linz

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 137 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

46

  1. University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee

    Sarasota, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    367 citations

  2. Florida International University

    Miami, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    489 citations

  3. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    337 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    362 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    389 citations

  6. Sinclair Community College

    Dayton, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    208 citations

  7. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    168 citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    125 citations

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Venues

  1. Law and Human Behavior

    15 publications · 913 citations

    14

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  2. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    7 publications · 297 citations

    7

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  3. Psychology Public Policy and Law

    3 publications · 198 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Communication

    3 publications · 102 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied

    2 publications · 146 citations

    2

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