TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Risk communication in sexually violent predator hearings
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Scott, Sarah
A1  - Gilcrist, Brett
A1  - Thurston, Nicole
A1  - Huss, Matthew T.
SP  - 322
EP  - 336
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - Sexually violent predator (SVP) laws use the civil commitment process to confine mentally disordered and dangerous offenders who are at high risk to reoffend. Few studies have examined how jurors decide SVP cases. As a result, a pilot study and three experimental studies were conducted, in which victim type, risk communication, and juror education were manipulated to assess juror response. Results continually illustrated that victim type was the most salient manipulation across studies and that the manner of risk communication and juror education had little impact on jurors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.903
ID  - ref1
ER  -