Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343548

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343548

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The dynamics of witness confidence effects on juror judgments. While psychologists and criminal justice professionals concur that eyewitness confidence is one of the major influences on juror judgments, previous researchers' treatment of confidence as an invariant testimonial characteristic means that we actually know little about the impact of witness confidence. This research tests social persuasion theories and reveals the dynamic effects on juror judgments and verdicts of the sort of confidence fluctuations that characterise real witnesses. Knowing how such fluctuations will shape jurors' judgments is vital for judges (when instructing jurors) and for police and lawyers when they assess the likely impact of the witnesses they intend to call.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $138,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Social And Community Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding legal processes | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Psychology | Social And Community Psychology | Understanding legal processes

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