Bias Archive

  • Defense attorney Tom Martin1 had five days left to prepare and finalize his voir dire for a high stakes medical malpractice case. After over twenty-eight months of preparation, Tom was ready to rock and roll. “I’ve covered the bases on past medical experiences with illness or injury, sick and disabled at […]

    Managing Patriotic Prejudice when Representing Arab, Muslim or Middle Eastern Clients

    by Dennis C. Elias, Ph.D. Defense attorney Tom Martin1 had five days left to prepare and finalize his voir dire for a high stakes medical malpractice case. After over twenty-eight months of preparation, Tom was ready to rock and roll. “I’ve covered the bases on past medical experiences with illness or injury, sick and disabled at […]

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  • Like lab rats hunger for food, people who judge a moral wrongdoing may hunger for the wrongdoer’s punishment.  Neuro-imaging research even confirms that anticipation of a wrongdoer’s punishment activates a “pleasure center” of the brain (de Quervain, et al., 2004). Simply put, people are driven by punitive motivation. Also like […]

    Do Liberals and Conservatives Punish Differently?

    by Bryan L. Koenig, M.A. Like lab rats hunger for food, people who judge a moral wrongdoing may hunger for the wrongdoer’s punishment.  Neuro-imaging research even confirms that anticipation of a wrongdoer’s punishment activates a “pleasure center” of the brain (de Quervain, et al., 2004). Simply put, people are driven by punitive motivation. Also like […]

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  •   Ain't no living in a perfect world. But we’ll keep on dreaming of living in a perfect world.– Huey Lewis   In a perfectly just world, jurors motivated by perfect justice would make consistently well-reasoned judgments based on the law, the evidence and unbiased wisdom. By contrast, “Just World […]

    Just World Jurors

    by Alison K. Bennett, M.S.   Ain't no living in a perfect world. But we’ll keep on dreaming of living in a perfect world.– Huey Lewis   In a perfectly just world, jurors motivated by perfect justice would make consistently well-reasoned judgments based on the law, the evidence and unbiased wisdom. By contrast, “Just World […]

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