The Legal Decision Making Lab explores the factors that affect legal decision making in a variety of contexts. Though most of our published work has focused on juror decision making, we have also studied decision making among other legal players. Topics we have studied include:
Grand juror decision making in police use of force cases
The impact of emotions on juror decisions
Decisions to accept plea bargains
How people define negligence and recklessness in civil cases
Individual characteristics that predict acceptance of special defenses such as the Gay Panic Defense
The role of race, gender, and disabilities on legal decisions
Email: narina@uwyo.edu
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Jury decision making
Emotions and decision making
Negligence and recklessness in civil law
Juvenile justice
Email: schoi6@uwyo.edu
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Email: nmichal1@uwyo.edu
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Email: osmith3@uwyo.edu
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Email: hsturges@uwyo.edu
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