Australian Juries and Scientific Evidence
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The ability of jurors and juries to comprehend and utilise scientific evidence in Australian criminal trials is discussed in the context of impediments which include legislation, proce-dural law, and the inherent scientific complexity of some evidence. Existing Australian and international literature on jury performance with expert evidence is examined, and recent doctoral research utilising mock juries, real jurors and forensic scientists, is highlighted. “Good communication with the jury is afield in which anecdote, self-assurance and self-delusion abound, within the ranks of the legal profession and the judiciary.”
Author: Rhonda Wheate
Institutions: UNSW Sydney, Australian Defence Force Academy
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2102617029