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Growing pains of addressing cognitive bias in legal contexts: A commentary on Berryessa et al. (2022).
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Article
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Source
Legal & Criminological Psychology. Sep2023, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p213-216. 4p.
Subject
*COGNITIVE bias
*CONFIRMATION bias
*ENVIRONMENTAL psychology
*DUE process of law
*FORENSIC pathology
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ISSN
1355-3259
Abstract
Keywords: cognitive bias; forensic science; judicial decision-making EN cognitive bias forensic science judicial decision-making 213 216 4 08/08/23 20230901 NES 230901 Bench trials are now more common than jury trials in U.S. federal and state courts (Wang, [28]), partly because they are speedier and more cost-effective (Diamond & Salerno, [4]). It remains to be seen whether judges will react similarly, but in the aforementioned survey (Diamond & Salerno, [4]), 67% of I judges themselves i also rated bench trials as less fair than jury trials, which may suggest some self-awareness of bias and willingness to address it. It may be more effective to alert judges to inconsistencies in their own decisions over time and/or develop training exercises that present judges with evidence of their own biasability. Judging the judiciary by the numbers: Empirical research on judges. [Extracted from the article]