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Book Review: Police Interrogations and False Confessions: Current Research, Practice, and Policy Recommendations
by Rita R. Handrich, Ph.D.Posted on November 28, 2012 | 2 CommentsWant one place to find the vast majority of research on false confessions? This is it! -
Disability Wrongs, Disability Rights
by Steven E. Perkel, DSW, LCSW and Paul J. Tobin, MSW and James Weisman, JDPosted on November 28, 2012 | 15 CommentsHow biases against people with disabilities were written into law historically and still practiced today. How do we move forward? -
Abstract Thinking Reduces Conservatives’ Prejudice Against Stigmatized Groups
by Jamie B. Luguri and Jaime L. Napier, PhD and John F. Dovidio, PhDPosted on November 28, 2012 | 6 CommentsAre there strategies you can use to reduce bias conservative jurors may have toward "non-normative" groups? Why, yes. -
Favorite Things: The Mona iPad Stand and Evernote
by ASTC Member Trial ConsultantsPosted on November 28, 2012 | 1 CommentImprove your efficiency (and failing memory) and look good while you do it! Two Favorite Things. -
Musings from the Deliberation Room: The Impact of Humor on Juror Decision-Making
by Jaime Bochantin, Ph.D.Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsHow humor helps (or hinders) deliberations and how you can use humor style in voir dire. -
Note From the Editor
by Rita R. Handrich, Ph.D.Posted on November 28, 2012 | 1 CommentWhat's in this issue and celebration of two ASTC member blawgs inclusion in the 6th Annual ABA 100! -
Thin Slices of Testimony
by Caroline Titcomb, MA and Stanley L. BrodskyPosted on September 30, 2012 | 11 CommentsHow much time do you really need to form impressions of a witness? Most of us have seen the research on thin-slicing and many of us have watched short segments of witness tape in mock trials. This research focuses in on the question of "how much is really enough"? -
Getting the Most Out of Your iPad During Litigation
by Morgan C. SmithPosted on September 30, 2012 | 9 CommentsYour iPad can be used to do much of the heavy lifting at trial and it's much easier to haul around than your laptop! This is a practical and very specific article on the how-to's and what you need to make it work. -
The Witness the Jury Is Going to Hate
by Katherine James, MFAPosted on September 30, 2012 | 15 CommentsEver had a witness you just knew the jury was going to hate? Maybe because you felt that way yourself? How to rehabilitate and prepare that witness.