How Juries Work: And How They Could Work Better

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Rebecca K. Helm (Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab, University of Exeter Law School)

How Juries Work

And How They Could Work Better

Rebecca K. Helm (Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab, University of Exeter Law School)

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Oxford University Press
03 October 2024

Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Courts & procedure; Criminal law & procedure

Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice

The majority of common law jurisdictions, and some civil law jurisdictions, use juries composed of citizens drawn from the general population to deliberate and reach collective verdicts in criminal cases. Juries are relied on to use their collective judgment to reach verdicts that accord with normative legal goals; for example, by being accurate and fair. How Juries Work suggests that, though important symbolically, the current jury system is not necessarily well-designed to meet the demands of modern society, which increasingly requires evidence-based procedure that is carefully designed to achieve normative goals. Rebecca K. Helm proposes new models of how jurors and juries function in practice, informed by psychological theory and empirical research, which provides a framework to interpret and integrate the large body of existing work on jury decision-making. Drawing on this framework, Helm highlights the deficiencies and strengths of the jury as a legal factfinder, providing key insights into how to minimise deficiencies and maximise strengths through trial procedure. The book concludes with a set of timely evidence-based suggestions as to how procedure surrounding trial by jury might be altered to enhance the administration of justice in the many jurisdictions where the criminal law jury is utilised. How Juries Work integrates legal and psychological theory and research to present a comprehensive assessment of the modern criminal law jury, and of how evidence-based research can improve jury performance.

By: Rebecca K. Helm (Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab University of Exeter Law School)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780192857293
ISBN 10: 0192857290
Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rebecca K. Helm is an Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab at the University of Exeter Law School, and a current UK Research and Innovation Fellow. She is an expert in the field of psychology and law and using quantitative methodologies to examine the legal system. Her research examines how legal procedures work in practice, and how changing aspects of procedure can enhance the ability of the justice system to achieve normative goals. Her work has been funded by several research bodies and has been widely published in leading journals in both law and psychology.