@article{ref1,
title="Plaintiff life-taking: the effect of mock juror attitudes toward suicide on assignment of negligence and damages in a civil suit",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2004",
author="Worthington, Debra L.",
volume="22",
number="5",
pages="715-730",
abstract="Social scientific and legal scholars have examined the potential of a variety of case-relevant biases to distort juror decision-making (inter alia, death penalty attitudes, attitudes toward corporations, attitudes toward physicians, etc.). However, previous research has yet to address empirically the impact of attitudes toward suicide on juror decision-making. This study sought to examine the impact of mock juror's attitudes toward, and experiences with, suicide on assignment of negligence and damages in a civil suit. While results suggest that mock juror attitudes toward suicide do not directly affect a juror's assignment of negligence or damage awards, they do suggest that jurors may be susceptible to a reactance effect. As a result, attorneys should exercise caution when considering whether to directly address issues of possible plaintiff suicide.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.611",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.611"
}