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Aging and the Criminal Legal System
This book examines issues specific to older adults within the criminal legal system and applies behavioral science research to examine these issues.
Judicial notebook: Could mindfulness improve judicial decision making?
The practice of mindfulness may help lessen the effects of faulty cognitive shortcuts and implicit biases in courtrooms.
Judicial notebook: The role of anchoring in plea bargains
Psychological research on anchoring suggests that even implausible anchors will sway a defendant’s decision.
Judicial notebook: That’s mine! Property division in divorce
Psychological studies on property ownership and negotiations may find the divorce situation an interesting and important context in which to test their theories.
Judicial notebook: Let's make a deal: The pyschology of plea agreements
The general process of plea negotiations and the role attorneys play in it includes psychological issues of decisionmaking, gambling and expert information.
Judicial notebook: Why not blame the parents?
Some believe juvenile crimes are stemming from homes and parents need to take more responsibility for their children.
Judicial notebook: If you want a toy, eat your broccoli
As a result of the Healthy Food Incentives Ordinance, San Francisco restaurants will no longer be permitted to provide toys with kids’ meals that do not meet certain nutritional standards.
Judicial notebook: Violent video games: Are kids playing their hearts out?
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association (Docket No. 08-1448) to determine whether California can constitutionally impose a $1,000 merchant penalty for selling violent video games to minors. The question is whether the Supreme Court will view violent video games as an expression of free speech.
Judicial notebook: Can an all-white jury be fair to a black man?
The Supreme Court is once again considering the question of impartiality.
Honest, I provided honest services
They found high power increased rule-based thinking (i.e., treating everyone the same) and low power increased outcome-based thinking (i.e., sometimes making exceptions).
Judicial notebook: The next 'ism': Ageism and employment discrimination
The question is whether a plaintiff who brings forth an age-discrimination case may also have a mixed-motive jury instruction when there is no direct evidence of age discrimination.
