TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - What's in the box? Punishment and insanity in the Canadian jury deliberation room
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Yamamoto, Susan
A1  - Maeder, Evelyn M.
SP  - 689128
EP  - 689128
VL  - 12
IS  - 
N2  - In insanity cases, although the defendant's eventual punishment is legally irrelevant to the jury's decision, it may be psychologically relevant. In this three-part mixed-methods study, Canadian jury eligible participants (N = 83) read a fictional murder case involving an insanity claim, then took part in 45-min deliberations. <br><br>FINDINGS showed that mock jurors who were generally favourable towards punishment had a lower frequency of utterances that supported the Defence's case. A qualitative description of keyword flagged utterances also demonstrated that mock jurors relied on moral intuitions about authority, harm, and fairness in justifying their positions. These findings may have application in crafting effective Judge's instructions and lawyer's opening statements.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689128
ID  - ref1
ER  -