‘Telling Tales’: Exploring Narratives of Life and Law within the (Mock) Jury Room
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In a context in which current prohibitions under the Contempt of Court Act 1981 prevent research into the substantive content of real jury deliberations, the ways in which jurors in criminal trials in England and Wales approach the task of reaching collective verdicts remains the subject of considerable conjecture. This has necessitated the use of simulation studies to replicate as far as possible within the constraints of the experimental context the factors and dynamics that might play a part in informing and framing this process.
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