Résumé
"According to the literature on jury decision-making, many factors account for how jurors reach a final verdict decision in criminal trials, including their pre-conceived beliefs about evidence. Given the recent popularity of DNA evidence, it is important to understand the factors that influence jurors’ verdict decisions in criminal cases where DNA evidence is involved. Besides jurors’ beliefs about DNA, other potentially important factors include strength of the evidence (SOE), expert testimony, and how DNA evidence is statistically presented. These factors were examined across two studies."--Page ii.